Notetaking

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Notetaking

• Chunking

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Definition

• Chunking is any meaningful group of items of
  information that we can remember as if it were a
  single item.
• A word is a chunk of letters.
• Experts organize information into much larger
  chunks.
• Beginners work with isolated bits.
• Example learning to read, playing chess.

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Magic 7 Theory

• Short term memory for recall (at least numbers)
  appears to develop with age.
• People 15 years of age or older can remember 7
  chunks at a time.
• Example 7493651 (7 separate items)
• 749-36-51 (3 chunks)
• Application to studying?

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Chunks need meaning

• Compare
• Five chunks
• LS DTVF BIJ FKU SA

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Compare to

• LSD TV FBI JFK USA

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Note taking is Chunking

• Taking notes organizes and chunks information.

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Notes on Notes

• Note making does NOT interfere with remembering.
  It transfers information from short (working)
  memory to long term memory.
• If you recite/review your notes, you are 1 ½
  times more likely to remember than if you dont
  recite/review.
• No notes? Ninety-two percent of lecture is
  forgotten in a month.

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Practice ChunkingChapter 5

• Frontier
• Free Silver
• Great Plains
• Sodbusters
• William Jennings Bryan
• Vaqueros
• Homesteaders
• Grange
• Cooperatives
• Long drive
• Populist party

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Abbreviation Guidelines

• Use the first syllable and the first letter of
  the second syllable in words with common
  prefixes.
• Subjectsubj.
• Individualind.
• Use only the first syllable of the word.
• Lib. is open late on Thurs.
• Leave out periods
• F.B.I. FBI

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Abbreviation Guidelines

• Eliminate vowels in a word.
• Vwlsvowels
• Eliminate the final letters of the word
• Associationassoc.
• Biologybiol.
• Informationinfo
• Chemicalchem

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Abbreviation Guidelines

• Proper nounsWrite out completely the first time,
  putting abbreviation after the name.
• Mrs. Brandstetter (B)
• Use abbreviation in the rest of notes
• Mrs. B teaches 1-6 hrs.
• Plural? Add S to abbreviation
• Chapterschapts
• Use an apostrophe for omitted letters
• Governmentgovt
• Amountamt
• Helpinghelpg

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Common Abbreviations

• And
• With w/
• Without w/o
• Before b4
• Example ex
• Definition def.
• One, two, 1,2
• Be B
• You U
• Because b/c

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• Therefore . .
• Percent
• Pages pgs
• Less than lt
• Greater than gt
• Is, equal
• Are R
• To 2
• At _at_

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Translate

• Fnsh wkst by Fri.
• Studs w/ good grades R gt likely 2 get into coll.
• The Great Plains (GP) were deserted b/c weather
  bad.
• Joe is gog 2 store 4 mom.
• White ppl hurt Mex who were livg in SW.
• Exodusters left S 4 W.
• Dawes Actwanted 2 assimilate NAs.

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Practice

• 1. Three students are going to work at
  McDonalds.
• 2. Therefore, the answer is five.
• 3. Read pages 76-89 before Friday.
• 4. Seventy-six percent of students do well in
  school.
• 5. Do you eat beans with bacon?
• 6. Protons, neutrons, and electrons can be
  confusing.