Ch. 15 Navigating Notes

Select all of the benefits of taking notes in class (Select more than one):

• Helps to stay focused

• Creates personalized study guide

• All of the Above

• Improves memory

The simple rules for navigating notes: 1: They are developed over ​ (a)   . 2: They begin with active ​ (b)   skills. 3: Always include the ​ (c)   information on notes. 4: Make a ​ (d)   with what to put in notes. 5: Notes shoud be short & ​ (e)   .

• time
• listening
• To-Do
• judgement
• abbreviated

Match the following

• Shortened words

• To Do

• Information you are learning

• Abbreviations

• Due dates, deadlines, directions

• To Know

For each class, notes should be kept in a binder by ____________ order.

• spatial

• no special

• chronological

• logical

Match the following words to their abbreviation:

• Add

• Avenue

• Ave.

• Addition

• Add'l

• Atmosphere

• Atm

• Additional

• Aug.

• August

Your teacher begins class by giving you the due date for your project. However, you wait to start taking notes after she begins the lesson. What important information are you not writing down?

• Cue notes information

• Notes information

• To-Do information

• Summary information

If you take notes on loose leaf paper, what 3 things can you do to prevent your notes from getting lost or out of order?

• Write topic & date

• Put in binder right away

• Put in order right away

• Put in backpack

When you take notes you:

• waste a lot of paper.
• get writer's cramp.
• remember what you read and have a tool for effective studying.
• forget what you wrote. down

Learning to ________ is one of the most important keys to developing effective study habits.

• memorize facts
• making educated guesses
• eliminate unreasonable answer choices
• take good notes

Which is not a benefit of taking good notes in class?

• Helps you stay focused

• It makes you write better

• Can use as a study guide

• Improves your ability to remember information