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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
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
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
