Note Taking

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Note Taking

• How to take notes in college classes

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What is note taking?

• Its listening and taking lecture notes.
• Do you know how to lay out notes?
• Do you use symbols and abbreviations?
• Can you ask questions to clarify points in
  notes?
• These are the points in this lesson.

Is it really that hard to take notes in class?
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How hard is note taking?

• Taking notes can be a difficult process.
• Lecturers talk non-stop, scribbling stuff on the
  board all the time, so students are still trying
  to write it all down minutes after theyve left
  the room.
• Have you had this kind of experience?

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How can you take better notes?

• Balance listening carefully and taking good
  notes.
• To take good notes, use these strategies
• Surveylook the data over for main ideas
• Question information
• Listen and take notes
• Recall after class
• Review information each week or so

Who is taking notes in this class?
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What is surveying?

• Surveying is listening for the signal words in
  college lectures.
• Signal words are important because they explain
  the overall structure of the lecture.
• The signal words tell how the parts of the talk
  are structured.

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What do signal words tell us?

• Signal words tell us that we are beginning,
  listing, or summarizing
• Today, Ill begin by
• Well, to sum up
• The first of these settings is
• One of the key questions here is
• So now we come to the key topic of
• What weve looked at so far is

What type of signal is junior giving?
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How do note takers question?

• Questioning can help.
• Before the lecture, ask yourself
• What do I need to learn from the talk?
• How does it fit in with the course?
• What do I already know about the topic?

Is it hard not to surprise people with short
memories?
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What do note takers question?

• During the lecture, ask
• What are the main points?
• What clues is the lecture giving about whats
  coming?
• For example There are 3 main theories about
• What is informative?
• What is analytical?
• What is the lecturer's opinion on the topic?

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What are recall and review?

• After the lecture, remember to recall and
  review.
• Without it, youll forget what you heard and
  made notes on.
• So its necessary to find ways of recalling.

Is this the way to learn?
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How do note takers recall?

• In recall, you can draw a quick
• mind map,
• spider diagram or
• flow chart
• to summarise what you remember.
• Always keep noticing the main points.

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How do note takers review?

• Review is checking if you remember lecture
  information in recall.
• Make questions about parts you cant remember.
• Review your notes to answer the questions and
  fill in the gaps.
• Make a list of those bits you did not understand
  and reread your notes to understand.

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Can you take linear notes?

• Here is an example of linear notes
• Taking notes from lectures
• Prepare for the lecture
• Use tape/buddy good note taking
• Look for organisation clues from lecturer
• Taking notes from readings
• Know what you want from the reading
• Look for organisation clues from headings and
  sections
• Dont write down examples
• The SQ3R Note Studying Approach
• Survey flip through layout
• Question structure and relevance
• Read twice through quickly
• Recall main points, facts and details
• Review repeat steps relate to task

Are linear notes emotional or logical?
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What are mind map notes?
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What are flow diagram notes?
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How do you organize notes?

• Useful lecture notes reflect the structure of a
  lecture by marking
• Introduction
• Main points
• Sub-points
• Supporting detail
• References

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What else do note takers record?

• Also record on each page
• Course title- abbreviations
• Lecture title
• Lecturers name
• Date
• Page number
• Sub topic? Helps you locate topics
• This can help you to avoid plagiarism and keep
  track of your notes 6 months on.

How much reading can you do?
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Why use symbols and abbreviations?

• Using symbols and abbreviations saves time.
• We write less and find the main points easily.
• They allow more time to understand lecture and
  to concentrate on ideas.
• They help us take notes using our own words.

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Can you complete the abbreviations?

• e.g. for example
• i.e that is
• et cetera so on
• NB note
• question
• No. number of
• problems
• page/pages
• 1st   first
• maximum

• __ through
• important
• situation
• eval evaluation
• analy analysis
• diff difficult
• diff.t different
• c. approximately
• reference

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Can you recall abbreviations?

• e.g. for example
• i.e. that is
• etc. etcetera and so on
• N.B. note
• Q. question
• No. number
• probs. problems
• p./pp page/pages

• 1st   first
• max. maximum
• c. approximately
• ref. reference
• thru through
• imp important
• sit. situation
• eval evaluation
• analy analysis
• diff difficult
• diff.t different

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What are these symbols for?

• . . therefore
• b/c because
• c. statement/answer is correct
• w. statement/answer is wrong
• ? question is the statement correct?
• ft feet
• x times
• / per
• w/ with
• w/o without

• and/plus
• ditto
• gt greater than
• lt less than
• percent
• is/are/have/has
• ?leads to/results in/causes
• ? comes from
• number
• 2 too/too/two
• money, cost
• _at_ at

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Can you ask for an explanation?

• How to ask professors to explain the lecture
• Could you go over that again?
• Could you go over what you said about
• Could you explain what you meant when you said
  that?
• Could you be more specific about ?
• Could you add a little to what you said about ?

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