How To Take Effective Notes

How To Take Effective Notes

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Active ListeningActive Listening

Listen for the main point and major subpoints

Listen for an organizational structure Pay attention to organizational cues Listen with your eyes Remove distractions Practice

Listen for the main point and major subpoints

Listen for an organizational structure Pay attention to organizational cues Listen with your eyes Remove distractions Practice

Proper Techniques for writing and lecture notes

Proper Techniques for writing and lecture notes

Write down the date and the topic of the lecture

Learn to write quickly Write down definitions Don’t copy word for word If your teacher indicates something

is important, mark it

Write down the date and the topic of the lecture

Learn to write quickly Write down definitions Don’t copy word for word If your teacher indicates something

is important, mark it

Proper Techniques, cont.Proper Techniques, cont.

If your teacher is going too fast or is unclear, raise your hand

Err on the side of writing down too much

If your teacher is going too fast or is unclear, raise your hand

Err on the side of writing down too much

Review your notesReview your notes After the class period is over, rewrite or

type your notes as soon as you can Read over your notes before each class

period As you look over your notes, mark

anything that doesn’t make sense to you Make friends with a studious fellow

student Always ask for help

After the class period is over, rewrite or type your notes as soon as you can

Read over your notes before each class period

As you look over your notes, mark anything that doesn’t make sense to you

Make friends with a studious fellow student

Always ask for help