Notes-taking Strategies

Note-Taking Strategies

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After Class

As soon as class ends, review your notes and fill in any blanks. Underline, highlight and use symbols to sort through the information. If you don’t understand something, get help form your teacher or classmates.

After you’ve reviewed all your notes from class, in the left- hand area pf the page write down key words and questions your teacher might ask on a test.

At the bottom of each page, write a summary of the notes. This helps you digest what you’ve learned. It also improves your memory of the material for the long term and for tests down the road

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"He listens well who takes notes"

Dante Alighieri

You can expect yourself to memorize something that you heard, especially if it's a lecture. It's good to jog down notes because you can always look over something you may not understand or just use it to study for a test.

Note-Taking Strategies Part 2

Note-Taking Strategies

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During class

One approach that has been proven effective is called the Cornell Note-Taking System. Here are some of its methods.

Start by using the main section of your page to take down your notes during class. Be sure to leave space on the left side of the page and the bottom. Things to keep in mind:

1.     Get the speaker’s main points. Don’t write every word you hear.

2.     Leave blanks in your notes to add explanations later.

3.     Organize as you write. Pay attention to cues such as repetition and emphasis.

4.     Indicate main and supporting points as you go.

5.     Jot down key vocabulary, important facts and formulas.

6.     Ask questions. if you’re confused, it’s better to ask while the material is fresh in your mind.

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Note-Taking Strategies Part 1

Note- taking Strategies

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How to get your class notes into shape:

Getting the most out of high school and college means studying hard and using your time in class wisely. An effective note-taking strategy can help you do both. Here are the basics.

Stay Organized:

It may seem obvious, but your notes can only help you if you can find them. When you’re taking notes be sure to:

·        Keep all your notes in one place

Date and number pages; keeping them in order makes it easier to understand them later.

Before Class

Review the materials assigned for that class period thoroughly. Bring a list of any questions you may have.

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Successful Student

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5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students. Minimize classroom distraction that interferes

with learning.

Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptation of inactive classroom experience and distractions of all the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6. . . . take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review with your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you to learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The more you use them the more they improve.

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