CORNERSTONE: Building On Your Best

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CORNERSTONEBuilding On Your Best

• NOTE TAKING

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WHY TAKE NOTES?

• You Become an Active Part of the Listening
  Process
  
• It Creates a History of Content
• You Have Written Criteria
• It Creates a Visual of the Information
• Studying Becomes Easier

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PREPARING TO TAKE EFFECTIVE NOTES

• Attend Class
• Come to Class Prepared
• Bring Your Text to Class
• Ask Questions
• Participate

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THE L-STAR SYSTEM

• L Listening
• S Setting It Down
• T Translating
• A Analyzing
• R Remembering

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COMMON SHORTHAND

• w/ with w/o without
• equal ¹ not equal
• greater
• percent number
• money _at_ about / at
• and or increase
• - minus or subtract plus
• etc. and so on important
• e.g. example vs. against
• quote esp especially
• ? question continued

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NOTE TAKING PRINCIPLES

• Always Date and Head Your Notes
• Keep Each Set of Notes Separate
• Use 81/2 x 11, Three-Hole Paper
• Always Copy Information from the Board,
  Overheads, Charts and Computer Generated
  Graphics
  
• Organize and Re-write Your Notes the Same Day
• Do not Doodle on Your Notes
• Develop Your OWN Style of Note Taking
• Clip, Staple or Attach Related Handouts to
  Appropriate Classroom Notes
  

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THREE TYPESOF NOTES

• OUTLINE
• CORNELL
• MAPPING

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WHEN YOU GET LOST

• Ask the professor to repeat the information
• Ask the professor to slow down
• Leave a blank space in your notes with a question
  mark to get the information later
  
• Go to the professors office for clarification
• Form a note taking group for sharing
• Dont ask another student for clarification
  during the class
  
• Rehearse your note taking skills
• Tape the lecture with the professors permission

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CORNERSTONES

• Attend class
• Be prepared for every class
• Sit where you can see and hear
• Recopy your notes after each class
• If its on the board or overhead, write it down
• Use loose-leaf paper
• Keep a separate notebook for every class
• Maintain good posture
• Develop your listening skills
• Ask questions and use abbreviations
• Keep your notes clean

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CORNERSTONEBuilding On Your Best

• STUDYING

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UNDERSTANDING MEMORY

• Everyone Remembers AND Forgets Things
• Our Senses Help Us Take In Information
• With Very Little Effort, You Can Remember Some
  Information
  
• With Rehearsal (Study), You Can Remember a Great
  Deal of Information
  
• Without Study, Information Is Forgotten
• Information Needs To Be Filed
• Information Must Have a Retrieval System

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TYPES OF MEMORY

• Sensory Memory
  
  
• Working Memory
• Long-Term Memory

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VCR3 A Memory Trick

• V Visualizing
• C Concentrating
• R Relating
• R Repeating
• R Reviewing

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FOUR STUDYING STRATEGIES

• SQ3R TECHNIQUE Survey, Question, Read,
  Recite, Review
  
• READ METHOD Read, Evaluate, Ask Questions,
  Determine Main Issues
  
• MNEMONIC DEVICES Jingles, Sentences, Words,
  Story Lines
  
• COOPERATIVE LEARNING Questioning, Comparing,
  Drilling, Brainstorming, Sharing, Mapping
  

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READING THE CHAPTER

• Read the Entire Paragraph Before You Mark
  Anything
  
• Identify the Thesis of Each Paragraph
• Highlight Key Phrases
• Dont Highlight Too Much It Becomes Meaningless
• Stop and Look Up Words You Do Not Know
• Make Margin Notes
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TEXT NOTE TAKING

• CHARTS
• KEY WORDS
• MIND MAPS
• FLASHCARDS
• OUTLINES
• SUMMARIES
• TIME LINES

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STUDYING WITH SMALL CHILDREN

• Study at school
• Create crafts and hobbies
• Study with your children
• Rent educational movies
• Invite your childrens friends over
• Hire a sitter or exchange sitting services
• See if your college has daycare
• Determine if your college provides financial aid
  to assist with child care
  

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CORNERSTONES

• Study Your Hardest Material First
• Dont Cram the Night Before
• Over-learn the Material
• Review Classroom and Text Notes Daily
• Manage Your Priorities Carefully
• Study in a Brightly Lit Area
• Use SQ3R, Read and Mnemonic Devices
• Take Breaks at Least Every 30 Minutes
• Have a Healthy Snack
• Turn Down the Heat