Taking Notes

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Taking Notes

• How to take notes that will help your learning
  and performance

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What is hearing?

• Hearing The sense by which sound is
• perceived

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What is listening?

• Listening To make an effort to hear something in
  order to understand

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Why take notes?

• Lecturers combine material and approaches from
  many texts.
• They keep you up-to-date on their subjects.
• They provide additional examples.
• The combine knowledge with expert showmanship.

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How does this apply to your life?

• Mrs. Wells

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Dont be a victim of bad notes!
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Advantages of Lecture Notes

• Keeps a permanent record of lecture materials.
• Youll know what the lecturer thinks are the most
  important materials.
• You will use three senses rather than just one
  looking, listening, and writing.

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Three steps toward mastering note-taking

• Preparation
• The note-taking process
• Post-lecture review

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The Preparation

• Mentally prepare yourself to take good notes.
• Read the material in advance.
• Prepare yourself physically Get a good nights
  sleep, and get to class on time. Get the best
  seat, and get your notebook ready.

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I am ready!
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The Note-taking Process

• Always use 8 ½ x 11 paper, preferably in a loose
  leaf notebook.
• Write on only one side of the paper.
• Draw two vertical lines on your paper, one two
  inches from the left edge and the other an inch
  from the right.
• Left key words Rightyour reactions
• Middle is for the lecture notes.
• Write in ink with a felt-tip pen for speed.

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Active listening and organization is the key.

• Before writing, listen to understand the point
  being made.
• Copy what instructor writes on board.
• Use instructor notes for main points.
• Skip lines between main sections.
• Number the points.

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Hints

• Dont write in complete sentences, but in
  complete phrases.
• Use your own words.
• DO take down definitions ,formulas, or technical
  terms verbatim.
• Leave space for missing information and get from
  a classmate.

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More Hints

• Think about what you are hearing
• Be alert for signal words
• A major cause
• The beginning
• In summary
• One of the most important
• Remember
• This would make a good question for a test

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Last Hints

• Dont ignore the beginning or the end of class.
  These ten minutes are very important
• The first 5 give you a review of the previous
  days materials.
• The last 5 give you a summary.

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Post-Lecture Review

• As soon as possible, sit down and re-read your
  notes.
• Fill in anything unclear or missing.
• In the left-hand column, write a few key words
  and phrases that summarize the points of the
  lecture.
• Cover your notes, and using the key words,
  recreate the lecture in your mind.

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To be continued

• Specific strategies
• The Cornell Method
• Outlining Method
• Mapping Method
• Charting Method
• Sentence Method