Note Taking

Withholding judgment

A characteristic of effective listening

Hierarchy Charts

A note-taking strategy that will help you organize information and can be especially helpful to visual learners

Concept Map

A visual form of note taking that uses shapes and lines to link ideas and supporting details is also referred to as a think link or a word web.

Master Set of Notes

Combining your personal notes from the text and your notes from class by condensing information, selecting what is most important, acting quickly after class while the material is fresh, and reciting what you know. You should not copy from the text.

listen actively

Consider what others say as you try to understand different perspectives and new ideas.

Advantage of online note taking

Easy to edit

3 strategies for active listening

Focus on understanding, set purposes for listening, and pay attention to verbal signposts

3 ways to make sure you can read your own notes

Get enough sleep, make sure your pen doesn't leak, and improve your handwriting

Instructor's repetition of a point

Indication of importance

Note taking strategy to use when an instructor repeats a main point in a lecture

Locate the point in your notes, star it, and add any new relevant information

3 steps of good note taking

Preparing ahead of time (completing assignments and being on time for class), taking the notes, and reviewing the notes you took

Active Listening

Required for good note taking

Cornell Notes

The best note taking strategy for an algebra class in which you want to capture formulas and examples.

Immediately after class

The best time for looking over notes to fill in blanks, make sure you can read what you wrote, find and underline main ideas, and note supporting information.

The purpose of the summary section in Cornell notes

To encourage thinking about how topics relate to each other

Review

What you should do with your notes when a lecture is finished

Cue Column

When taking Cornell Notes, this is left blank and is filled in later as you review. Examples of what might appear here: examples, diagrams, key words, comments to highlight important ideas, or comments to clarify meaning.

Three factors for choosing the type of notes to take

Your personal learning style, the instructor's teaching style, and the type of material

Guided Notes

an outline for you to fill in, helping you to include information about all of the topics covered, but not intended to replace taking your own notes.

Shorthand

rapid handwriting used during note taking that incorporates symbols, abbreviations and shortened words