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Notemaking Slides

Taking effective lecture notes is important for retaining information. Notes should be taken during the lecture to actively engage with the material. The note-taking process involves preparing before the lecture, writing down key points and questions during, and reviewing notes after. Notes act as a memory aid since without active learning most information is forgotten within weeks. Different note styles like linear or mind maps can be used depending on the individual's learning preference. Reviewing notes after ensures understanding and allows the information to be organized for future use.

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Notemaking Slides

Taking effective lecture notes is important for retaining information. Notes should be taken during the lecture to actively engage with the material. The note-taking process involves preparing before the lecture, writing down key points and questions during, and reviewing notes after. Notes act as a memory aid since without active learning most information is forgotten within weeks. Different note styles like linear or mind maps can be used depending on the individual's learning preference. Reviewing notes after ensures understanding and allows the information to be organized for future use.

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Note making for lectures

Why Take Notes?

• act as memory aid Buzan (1999): without active


learning, we forget 98% of the information
in just three weeks
• actively involves you in the learning process
• helps develop understanding
• allows you to reduce information to a
manageable size
• may give useful tips for assignments or exams
Note Making Process

During
lecture
Before After
lecture lecture

Useful
lecture
notes

3
1. Before the Lecture

• prepare by:
 advance reading
 printing off and reading lecture notes
 if relevant, reading notes from previous
lecture
• especially important where there is
scientific / technical terms and jargon
• tune yourself into the topic by thinking
of questions you might expect it to answer
2. During the Lecture

• listen for framework or objectives, helps structure notes


• don't write everything down
 key words, phrases, short sentences, abbreviations
• listen for signposts
 e.g. 'there are four key points here’
• annotate PowerPoint handouts
• question and challenge as you listen
• note making skills will improve with practice
Note Making Styles: a) Linear notes

• line by line
• short and structured
• headings and subheadings
• abbreviations and key words
• bullet points
 highlight
 key
 points
Note Making Styles: b) Mind Map

Related theme 1
Related theme 2 Central idea

Visual
Not often
used in lectures
Make memorable

Highlighting Good for Reading /


Colour organising revision
after
Effective note-taking
When you take notes, try splitting your page in three…

Comments Notes
• note your reactions to • write your summary of
what you have read the author’s
• connect your research to conclusions and
what you are reading evidence in one column
• compare and contrast • paraphrase, summarise
the views of authors or highlight quotes

Summary
• make a note of what you think about the material
3. After the Lecture
• review any notes you make
• you might want to:
question some of what you've
written
change something
add further information

It's not enough just to re-read notes.


You have to use them!
Do you absorb information best by:
Identify your Learning Style
• Listening and then writing the information down?
• Describing what you have just heard to someone?
• Creating diagrams to illustrate key concepts?
• Use whichever technique works for you

10
Top tips

 take notes in your own words


 make sure you can read your notes later
 different note making methods for different purposes
 flowcharts for process planning
 tables for comparison
 organise your notes
 title, date, page numbers
X don't cram too much on the page
X don’t leave reviewing notes until exam revision

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