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Peak Performance: Success In College And Beyond Chapter 5 Listen and Take Effective Notes Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Learning Outcomes • List effective listening strategies • Describe the various note-taking systems • Explain effective note-taking strategies • Refine and use your notes Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Success Principle 5 Focus on the MESSAGE, not the presentation. Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Prepare to listen – Be willing to listen – Be open to new ideas – Position yourself to listen – Reduce distractions – Show you are listening Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Stay attentive – Be quiet – Stay focused Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies – Show empathy, respect, and genuine interest – Observe the speaker – Predict and ask questions – Integrate learning styles and use all your senses – Postpone judgment Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Review what you have heard – Paraphrase – Assess – Practice with awareness “Listening to learn isn’t about giving advice – at least not until asked – but about trying to understand exactly what someone means. ” Elizabeth Debold Businesswoman Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Recording The Message Note taking is more than simply writing down words. It is a way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information. Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Cornell System of Note Taking • Logical • Sequential • Step-by-step – Notes – Cues – Summary Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Mind Maps • Visual • Holistic • Associations and patterns – Main idea in center – Branches with subtopics Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Combination Note-Taking Systems • • • Mc. Graw-Hill Highlighting Organizing Comparing Contrasting Looking for patterns Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Note-Taking Strategies § Preview the material § Go to every class and be on time § Sit up front § Use all your senses § Make note taking active and physical Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

§ Link information § Reduce to the essential § Organize your notes § Use note cards § Expand on notes from others § Use your laptop Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Assess and Review Your Notes § § § Summarize in your own words Edit and revise your notes Create a sample test Use visual cues Review your notes ü Before class ü Before going to sleep ü With your study group § Mc. Graw-Hill Monitor and evaluate Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Overcome Obstacles § Find meaning and interest § Observe § Listen § Organize § Think Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Peak Performance: Success In College And Beyond Chapter 5 Listen and Take Effective Notes Mc. Graw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.