Develop a note-taking method that works for you. (There are many methods out there; it's not a "one-size-fits-all" strategy. Find one that you can do & one that will help you remember the things you're hearing & seeing.)
"Learn, compare, collect the facts." - Ivan Petrovic Pavlov (1849 - 1936), Russian physiologist.
Fine-tune the structure and organization of your notes to increase your notetaking speed and comprehension later.
- Start each new lecture on a new page, and date and number each page. The sequence of material is important.
- Write on one side of the paper only. You can set them out side-by-side for easier reviewing when studying for an exam.
- Leave blank spaces. This allows you to add comments or note questions later.
- Make your notes as brief as possible. "Never use a sentence when you can use a phrase, or a phrase when you can use a word" (Berkeley).
- Develop a system of abbreviations and symbols you can use wherever possible.
- Note all unfamiliar vocabulary or concepts you don't understand. This reminds you to look them up later.
- For examples of popular note-taking formats, see Note-taking Systems at http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetaking.systems.html
Which one (or ones) of these do you think is the most useful? Why did you pick that one (or those ones)?
4 comments:
The methods of note taking that will be the most useful for me are:
Take notes as brief as possible, never use a sentence when you can use a phrase or a word.
Use a system of abbreviations or symbols you can use whenever possible.
I choose them because I'm working on taking notes faster. I think I will benefit from them.
Marie Phoebee Joseph
I agree with Marie Phoebee Joseph's ideas. Most of the time, when I attend at class, I don't have enough of time to copy down all the notes from my teacher.
Suetto C.
I chose the following:
Develop a system of abbreviations and symbols you can use whereever possible.
My reason for choosing:
I practice to use my shorthand skills. It is so much easier to write in shortened form when you want to capture all the important details. You could write atleast 3 words in one. It saves time.
Karla Banton
"The Cornell Method," is easy to follow.
You rule your paper with a 2 1/2 inch margin on the left leaving a 6 inch area on the right to make notes, after that you use the left-hand space to label each idea and detail with a key word or "cue".
September 28, 2009
Roxana Alvarez
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