Note Taking

Taking Notes

The Outlining Method

Open Ended

When the teacher is giving a lecture, how do you take notes? Do you write in the margins of your textbook? Do you write notes in a notebook? Do you try to write every single word that the teacher writes down? Do you not take notes at all?

Poll

Taking notes is ....

• a good way to learn

• a waste of time

The Outlining Note Taking Method

→ Uses headings and bullet points to
organize topics

→ Useful for topics with a lot of details

Poll

I have heard or used the 'outlining method' before ...

• Yes

• No

• Maybe, but I forget

What does it look like?

•Each section/part starts
with a heading of the
main topic
•Each subtopic and detail
is written underneath the
right heading

Poll

I know what this is ...

• yes

• no

• maybe

Advantage #1: More organized notes

•Main Topic: Alaska

•Subtopics: Population

•Key Points: 731,545 (2019)

Advantage #2: Connects the information between topics
and subtopics

** The subtopic explains the main
topic

Main Topic: Black Panther (2018)

● Subtopic: Culture

○ Key Point 1:Language

- Based on a real language,

Xhosa, from South Africa

Advantage #3: Can turn points/topics into study questions

•Main Topic: Columbus

•Subtopic: The Journey

•Key Point #1: Three

ships: the Nina, the Pinta,
and the Santa Maria

•Question: How many
ships were there on
Columbus’s journey?

or

•Question: What were
the names of the ships
Columbus was in
charge of?

Advantage #4: Easier to summarize

→ You can write a
summary of your
notes

Open Ended

What is one advantage of the outline method you can remember from this presentation?