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NOTE TAKING STYLES FOR STUDENTS H S 101

Study Skills - Mind Map http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/note_taking_skills.htm High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Why Take Notes? ¨ Forces you to listen carefully ¨ Notes indicate important points ¨ Helps you to remember material ¨ Improve study skills and work habits High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Note Taking - Suggestions ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

What To Write? ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Some Popular Note-Taking Methods ¨ The Cornell Method ¨ The Outline Method ¨ The Mapping Method ¨ The Charting Method ¨ The Sentence Method High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

The Cornell Method ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Advantages ¨ Organized system ¨ Easy format to review main points ¨ Simple and efficient ¨ Saves time ¨ “ Do it right the first time ” High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Cornell Method - Example Note- taking Column � High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Cornell Method – Another Example Note- taking Column � High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

The Outline Method ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Outline Method - Advantages ¨ Well organized system, if done correctly ¨ Visually demonstrates important points and supporting info ¨ Easy to review as a study guide ¨ Reduces note-editing time High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Outline Method - Example Extrasensory perception ¤ Definition: means of perceiving without use of sense organs ¤ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Mapping Method ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Mapping Method - Advantages ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Mapping Method - Example High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Charting Method ¨ 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 ¨ High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Charting Method - Advantages ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Chart Method - Example High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Sentence Method ¨ Write every new thought, fact or topic on a separate line, numbering as you progress. High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Sentence Method - Advantages ¨ Slightly more organized than the paragraph ¨ Gets more or all of the information ¨ Thinking to tract content is still limited High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Sentence Method - Example 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Credits ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills

Group Activity ¨ 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 High School 101 – Note Taking Skills