NOTE TAKING PREREQUISITES OF NOTETAKING Recognizing the main

PREREQUISITES OF NOTETAKING • Recognizing the main ideas • Identifying what information is relevant

READING AND NOTE TAKING 1) Be selective and systematic • -purpose of reading •

READING AND NOTE TAKING 3) Identify how information is organized • Past ideas to

READING AND NOTE TAKING 4) Include your thoughts • Your ideas, reflection • How

LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 1) Before lecture • Have a clear purpose • Have

LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 2) During the Lecture • Be on time and sit

LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 3) After the lecture • Revise lecture notes • Fill

USE SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS • Symbols and abbreviations • Be consistent in using them

USE SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC Au for gold Mg for Magnesium A (alpha)

5 R’S OF NOTE TAKING • Record • Reduce • Recite • Reflect •

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NOTE TAKING

PREREQUISITES OF NOTETAKING • Recognizing the main ideas • Identifying what information is relevant • Having a system of note taking • Reducing the information • Summarize in your own words • Record the source of information

READING AND NOTE TAKING 1) Be selective and systematic • -purpose of reading • -skim • -highlight • Note taking system 2) Identify the purpose and function of text • Read the title/abstract/preface • Read the introduction • Read topic headings • Read graphic content

READING AND NOTE TAKING 3) Identify how information is organized • Past ideas to present • Steps or stages of a process or event • Most important to least important • Well known to least known • Simple to complex • Problems to solutions • Causes to results

READING AND NOTE TAKING 4) Include your thoughts • Your ideas, reflection • How to use information in assignment

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LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 1) Before lecture • Have a clear purpose • Have a system for recording • Revise the previous lecture • Pre read the topic • Check the pronunciation of any new word or discipline specific language in the pre reading • Prepare for your note taking system

LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 2) During the Lecture • Be on time and sit near the front • Distinguish between main ideas, elaboration, examples, repetition, restatements and new ideas • Listen for structural cues (sign posts/transition words, intro, body and conclusion) • Listen for non verbal cues (facial expressions, hand body signals) • Listen for phonological cues (in volume, speed, emotion)

LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING 3) After the lecture • Revise lecture notes • Fill in missing ideas • Review • Write a short summary of the lecture • Attach any handouts to your lecture notes

USE SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS • Symbols and abbreviations • Be consistent in using them SYMBOLS = + > < _ →↑↓♂ Abbreviations c. f. (confer)=compare i. e. (id est)= for example NB (nota benne)=note well No (numero)= number etc (et cetera)= and so on

USE SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC Au for gold Mg for Magnesium A (alpha) B (beta) PERSONAL ABBREVIATIONS Diff= different Gov=government NEC= necessary

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5 R’S OF NOTE TAKING • Record • Reduce • Recite • Reflect • review