BOP #13 (CCAN TAKE PORTFOLIOS NOW) What makes an effective argument? Argument Notes
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How to take
effective notes
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Keep a separate notebook for each
subject
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Colour code your notes based on the
topic or theme
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Use coloured pens to make important terms stand out
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Abbreviations and symbols
Which words do you already abbreviate?
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Note taking abbreviations& or +
= and, plus, with
(also w/ = with)
-
= minus, without
(also w/o = without)
=
= equals, is the same
as, results in
= does not equal, is
not the same as, does
not result in
= is less than, is
smaller than
= is greater than, is
larger than
= increase, rise,
growth
= decrease, fall
or
= therefore, thus
= leads on to,
produces, causes
X
= no, not, incorrect
?
= uncertain, possibly,
unproven
= yes, correct
#
= number
*
= special, important,
notable
/
= per (e.g. £50/day)
v
= very
C
= century
imp
= important
approx
= approximately
Use the first few
letters of the word
e.g. info = information
Remove all (or most)
vowels from word
e.g. dvpt =
development
Underline important
sections for emphasis
Write term, phrase, or
name in full then
substitute with initials
e.g. Scottish
Parliament = SP
Omit ‘a’, ‘the’ and
unimportant verbs
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Imagine you were to listen to or read this passage in class. How would take notes on it?
At the end of the twentieth century the United Kingdom’s
population, at around sixty million, was similar to that of Italy,
but Italy’s population was shrinking because its birth rate had
fallen below its death rate. The UK’s population was still
growing, albeit very slowly – at a rate of 0.09% between 1995
and 2000.
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Your notes might look something like this:
@ end 20th C., UK’s popn = approx. 60 mill, Italy=similar. BUT It popn - birth death rate. UK popn (= 0.09% 1995-2000)
or…
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Star sentences
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Diagrams
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Use different coloured highlighters for different
aspects of text
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Use post-its for anything relevant you don’t want in
notebook
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Use the bottom of the pages for a summary and
questions
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Leave space in the margins to add
information later
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Spider diagrams
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Bullet points
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What will
work for you?