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NOTE TAKING
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SOLUTIONS TO COMMON NOTE-TAKING PROBLEMS

• BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE
• MATERIAL BEFORE THE LECTURE.
• TO HELP YOU KEEP UP, LEAVE A GAP AND CONTINUE,
• OR SHIFT TO PARAGRAPH FORM.
• USE ACTIVE LISTENING TECHNIQUES WHEN THE RATE OF
  SPEECH IS TOO SLOW.
• TAKE NOTES ON SIDETRACKING.
• SPELL AS IT SOUNDS AND CHECK THE SPELLING LATER.
• USE FOCUSED LISTENING TECHNIQUES TO COMBAT
  INATTENTIVENESS AND POOR CONCENTRATION.
• WORK TO BETTER ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES IMMEDIATELY
  AFTER THE LECTURE.
• HI-LITE AND TAKE NOTES IN THE BOOK INSTEAD OF ON
  PAPER WHEN THE LECTURE FOLLOWS THE BOOK.

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First Last Name Class Title Period Date
Questions/Main Ideas
Class Notes
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3 to 4 sentence summary across the bottom of the
last page of the days notes
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Questions/Main Ideas Column

• Write questions/terms in the left column of
  your notes to quiz yourself on the material.
• Write questions in the question column on the
  same line as the item the question addresses in
  the notes column
• Anticipate what someone might ask about the
  information in the note column
• Write a question for each new
• Topic
• Main idea
• Significant detail
• Write questions for details on which you think
  your professor will quiz you.

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Notes Column

• When taking notes during class or while reading a
  book, write in the right hand column.
• Use signals from the lecture
• Titles keywords topics ? main ideas
• Listen for and record Transition words/phrases
  
• First, most, some, this is called, there are two
  types
• Develop an abbreviation system.
• Write in phrases.
• Be selective dont write everything
  word-for-word
• Underline important information
• Leave spaces between ideas so you can
• fill in more later.
• see how ideas relate to one another

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Common Short Cuts

• Abbreviations/Acronyms
• for4
• to2
• withw/
• Withw/0
• and or
• Great BritainG.B. or U.K.
• FranceFr.
• President of the United StatesPOTUS
• Best friend foreverBFF

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• Write the first few syllables of long words and
  complete the word when reviewing notes.
• Communismcom.
• Democracydem.
• Capitalismcap.
• Socialismsoc.
• Politicalpol.

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Review

• Review to improve your memory.
• If you spend 10 minutes every week or so in a
  quick review of your notes,
• you will retain most of what you have studied
• you wont have to cram during an all-nighter
• you will relate the facts and ideas to present
  lectures or readings.

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Anthropods
Example of a Beginning Level of Note- taking
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Example of an Advancing Level of Note- taking
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Example of an Accomplished Level of Note- taking
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Example of an Accomplished Level of Note- taking
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Example
Here is the text. In the
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, there are four main
characters including one that may mat really
exist. The first and most important character is
Ichabod Crane. He is an ambitious schoolteacher,
who hopes to marry the second character, Katrina
Van Tassel. Katrina is the handsome daughter of
a wealthy farmer. The third character is Brom
Bones. He is Ichabods rival for Katrinia, and he
is also well known for his practical jokes. The
fourth and final character is the frightening,
ghostly figure of the Headless Horseman, who
terrifies Ichabod into running away. But Irving
strongly hints that this might simply be another
of the characters in disguise.
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Here are the notes

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 4 Main Characters
• Ichabod Crane
• Most important
• School teacher
• Wants to marry Katrina
• Katrina Van Tassel
• Beautiful daughter of wealthy farmer
• Brom Bones
• Also wants to marry Katrina
• Well known for practical jokes
• Headless Horseman
• Scary ghost
• Scares Ichabod away
• Might be another character Brom? in disguise

1st character? Job? Interest? 2nd
character? Description? 3rd character? Intereste
d in? Likes what? 4th character Real or
not? Scares who? Might be who?

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Notetaking Tips

• Keep a separate notebook or binder for each
  course.
• Take one notepad to classes and then put notes
  for each specific class into binder _at_ home
• You wont loose your entire term of notes
• Notes for each lecture should begin on a new
  page.
• Date and number all pages.
• Never use a sentence when you can use a phrase,
  or a phrase when you can use a word.

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Note taking Tips, Cont.

• Use indentations to distinguish between major and
  
• minor points.
• Put most notes in your own words, except
• formulas , definitions, and specific facts
• Use abbreviations and symbols wherever possible.
  
• If you completely dont understand an idea,
• leave a blank space and ask your professor for
  help on it.

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Notetaking Tips, Cont.

• Develop a code system of note-marking to indicate
  questions, comments, important points for
  example,
• Mark unfamiliar vocabulary unclear ideas in
  unique ways
• Highlight vocabulary in pink.
• Circle ideas that are still unclear
• Make sure you can understand what you have
  written and if needed, make corrections.
• Use drawings, arrows or other organizers to help
  you see concepts and relationships between them