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NOTE TAKING STYLES FOR STUDENTS

H S 101

Study Skills - Mind Map

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/note_taking_skills.htm

Why Take Notes?

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Forces you to listen carefully ¨ Notes indicate important points ¨ Helps you to remember material ¨ Improve study skills and work habits

Note Taking - Suggestions

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Keep notes brief ¨ Put notes in your own words ¨ Use outline form, numbering systems, or indentations ¨ Missed information: write key words and go back ¨ Leave space on page to organize notes later ¨ Date and number pages ¨ Review your notes, ask questions and study again

What To Write?

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Listen for Instructor Clues

¤ Info written on board ¤ Repetition ¤ Emphasis ¤ Word signals ¤ Loudness of voice ¤ Reviews at beginning of class ¤ Summaries at end of class

Some Popular Note-Taking Methods

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ The Cornell Method ¨ The Outline Method ¨ The Mapping Method ¨ The Charting Method ¨ The Sentence Method

The Cornell Method

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Provides a systematic format to organize notes ¨ Does not require you to recopy notes ¨ Uses an extended left-hand margin space of 2”

¤ Label ideas with specific key words

¨ To review:

¤ Cover the right side and read the clue. ¤ Recite everything you can about the topic

Advantages

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Organized system ¨ Easy format to review main points ¨ Simple and efficient ¨ Saves time ¨ “Do it right the first time”

Cornell Method - Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Note- taking Column

Cornell Method – Another Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Note- taking Column

The Outline Method

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ General information begins on the left ¨ More specific facts indented to the right ¨ Relationship of parts are indented ¨ No numbers, letters or Roman numerals needed

Outline Method - Advantages

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Well organized system, if done correctly ¨ Visually demonstrates important points and

supporting info

¨ Easy to review as a study guide ¨ Reduces note-editing time

Outline Method - Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Extrasensory perception

¤ Definition: means of perceiving without use of sense

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¤ Three kinds

n telepathy: sending messages n clairvoyance: forecasting the future n psychokinesis: perceiving events external to situation

¤ Current status

n no current research to support or refute n few psychologists say impossible

Mapping Method

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Uses comprehension/concentration skills ¨ Evolves in a note taking form

¤ relates each fact or idea to every other fact or idea

¨ Graphic representation of the content of a lecture

Mapping Method - Advantages

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Helps you to visually track your lecture regardless of

conditions

¨ Little thinking is needed and relationships can easily be

seen

¨ Easy to edit your notes by adding numbers, marks, and

color coding.

¨ Good for reviewing

¤ restructure thought processes which will force you to check

understanding.

¤ cover lines for memory drill and relationships

n main points can be written on flash or note cards and pieced

together into a table or larger structure at a later date

Mapping Method - Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Charting Method

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Use for chronological lectures

¤ Draw columns, labeling appropriate headings in a

table

¨ Determine the categories to be covered in lecture ¨ Set up your paper in advance by columns

categories

¤ As you listen to the lecture, record information (words,

phrases, main ideas, etc.) into the appropriate category

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Charting Method - Advantages

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Helps you track conversations and dialogues where

you might normally be confused

¨ Reduces amount of writing necessary ¨ Provides easy review mechanism for

¤ Memorization of facts ¤ Study of comparisons & relationships

Chart Method - Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Sentence Method

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Write every new thought, fact or topic on a

separate line, numbering as you progress.

Sentence Method - Advantages

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Slightly more organized than the paragraph ¨ Gets more or all of the information ¨ Thinking to tract content is still limited

Sentence Method - Example

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

The lecture (what’s said): A revolution is any occurrence that affects other aspects of life, such as economic life, social life, and so forth. Therefore revolutions cause change. (See page 29-30 in your text about this.) The Notes: Revolution – occurrence that affects other aspects of life: e.g., econ., socl. Etc. C.f. text, pp. 29-30

Credits

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/

notetakingsystem.doc

¨ http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/

note_taking_skills.htm

¨ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/

notes.html

¨ http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/

general/notetaking3.html

Group Activity

High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

¨ Discuss and review note taking lessons we just learned ¨ Compare and share your thoughts and “best

practices” on your own note-taking

¨ Consider how you will revise and edit your own note-

taking style

¨ Submit a summary of the group comments at end of

class

¨ Make sure your names are all on the paper, so all

your group receives