Note Taking Refresher

Multiple Select

What are some common issues with listening and note-taking?

(choose all that apply)

• Note-takers can't read their own notes

• Note-takers miss details

• Note-takers don't know what to take notes of

• Note-takers can't listen and take notes at the same time

• Note-takers fall asleep while listening

Purpose?...Why?

⚫ Instructors share information not available in textbooks.

⚫ Allows the learner to make connections.

⚫ Notes serve as a “file” of information.

❑ They become a storehouse of information for later use i.e.

preparing for an exam, writing a paper and/or for use in a more
advanced course.

⚫ Taking notes helps you become an “active listener” and a

“critical thinker”.

❑ “Passive” listening is what you do when you watch a sitcom on

television or have a casual conversation with someone. “Active”
listening is when you listen carefully to make sure you
understand and learn the information that is being conveyed.

Poll

Taking Notes

• NEWBIE

  I can follow the format for my notes if my teacher shows it to me.

• DEVELOPING SKILLS

  I know how to use several formats of notes but pretty much stick to the same one unless my teacher tells me what to do.

• LIKE A PRO

  I consider the purpose for my notes and select the best format based on what I will use the notes for.

⚫ Taking notes is essential to the learning process.

❑ When taking notes you will stay more focused on what is being said or

what you are reading; you will be continuously analyzing; you will be
forced to think rapidly about what you see and hear.

⚫ RETENTION:

Studies show that people may forget:

–50% of a lecture within 24 hours

–80% in two weeks

–95% within one month…

If they do not take notes…

Taking Notes

⦿ Involves 3 major tasks:

⚫ Effective listening

⚫ Effective observation

⚫ Effective note taking

Effective Listening

⦿ Humans are poor listeners

⦿ FOCUS

⦿ Be alert, be aware

⦿ Active process which
begins before class

Effective Listening: In
Class

⦿ Find a good seat, comfortable

⦿ Pay attention purposefully

⦿ Listen for cues

⦿ Resist distractions

⦿ Don’t let your mind wander

⦿ Take notes while you listen

⦿ Be in the moment

⦿ Awareness Test

⚫ Clarify your feelings

❑ You are going to like some courses and not be so enthusiastic about others!! A

negative attitude may affect how much effort you put into a class, whether
you attend regularly and/or how you take notes. Acknowledge your feelings
and find a positive way to deal with the situation.

⚫ Adopt a questioning attitude

❑ Understand your purpose for taking the course. Ask yourself: ‘What am I

going to learn today?” and “How does this new information/idea fit into
what I already know?”

Outline Method

⚫ Description:

⚫
Organizational method of taking notes that allows the learner to show main points,
sub-points and details.

⚫ Method:

⚫ Listen and then write down points in organized pattern, based on space

indentation

⚫ Distinguish main or key ideas from supporting details

⚫ Indentation can be simple (no marking, just space relationships or more complex, by

using Roman numerals, letters and/or decimals

Common Abbreviations

⦿

w/ - with

⦿

w/o – without

⦿

+ or & - and

⦿

ppl.- people

⦿

@ - at

⦿

Q - question

⦿

A – answer

⦿

? – I’m lost

⦿

Ex – example

⦿

Imp- important

⦿

-> - leads to

⦿

Etc – and other things

⦿

Con’t- continued

⦿

Gov’t- government

Are you easily distracted?

⦿ Arrive at each class prepared

⦿ Arrive on time

⦿ Sit near the front

⦿ Do not doodle

⦿ Stop daydreaming

⦿ Look at the teacher

Focused Note Taking

Five Steps to Success

Multiple Choice

For learning to occur most effectively, learners must...

• look at their notes briefly to be prepared

• revisit their notes multiple times in a variety of ways

• takes notes in the same way every time

• hope for the best

Multiple Choice

When you are taking notes be sure to...

• Write an essential question to guide your note taking

• write down everything you read

Multiple Choice

Before any note-taking begins, you must establish a note-taking purpose and objective.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When you are taking notes...

• There are a variety of ways you can take notes.

• The only way to take notes is in an outline.

Multiple Choice

Focused note-taking should occur

• within 24 hours

• within 36 hours

• within 12 hours

• sometime before the test

Multiple Choice

Focused note-taking works on

• is completed as a class

• is done by the teacher

• taking notes for the first time

• clarifying and organization

Multiple Select

Check all that are correct.

When you are processing your notes, you should revise your notes by

• underlining

• highlighting

• circling

• none of these

Multiple Choice

In Phase 3 of Focused Note-Taking, you should _______ beyond the notes.

• work

• think

• answer

Multiple Choice

Besides taking notes, you should make a ________ to what you already know.

• answer

• activity

• connection

Multiple Choice

When you are connecting to thinking, remember to...

• write down what you already know

• ask questions that you really want the answers to

• ask a friend what to write down

Multiple Choice

Phase 4 of Focused-Note Taking, looks at...

• summarizing and reflecting

• connecting to ideas

• processing notes

• picking a format

Multiple Choice

During Phase 4 of Focused-Note Taking, you should

• think about the notes as a whole

• thing about the notes individually

Multiple Choice

How many steps are there to Focused-Note Taking?

• 4

• 0

• 2

• 5

Multiple Choice

In Phase 5 of Focused-Note Taking, you should

• demonstrate what you've learned

• use your textbook or resource for help

• have more notes than you did at the beginning

Multiple Choice

What is one reason to take good notes?

• To plagarize
• To choose what's important for you
• To include all the tiny details
• To learn how to copy and paste

Multiple Choice

What is the first step of note taking?

• Writing in your own words
• Scanning
• Checking your notes
• Deciding on your essential question

Multiple Choice

Your notes should include...

• key words and phrases.
• complete sentences.
• full paragraphs.
• the author's opinion.

Multiple Choice

Check your notes to make sure you...

• included tons of details.
• wrote down opinions.
• wrote in complete sentences.
• could tell someone about what you read using those notes.

Multiple Choice

Your notes should...

• not include the source information.
• not make sense.
• use your own words.
• be copied and pasted from the source.

Multiple Choice

This picture refers to which of the following statements?

• Note taking is about writing it all down.

• Note taking is about writing just a few lines.

• Note taking is about writing key ideas.

• Note taking is about righting it all down.

Multiple Choice

Note taking is the art of

• writing something useful.

• writing something useless.

• writing something boring.

• writing something interesting.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are note taking methods?

• Cornell

• Split Page

• Outline

• KWL chart

• Symbols & Abbreviations

Multiple Choice

You should develop your __________ __________ when taking notes.

• own topic

• own system

• collaborative strategy

• collaborative file