How to Take & Study Notes (7th)

To write down everything the teacher says

To identify important information and understand the big picture

To memorize every detail for the test

To avoid asking questions in class

To identify when you are lost or having trouble understanding before it's too late and knowing how to get clarification.

Skipping the textbook and relying on class notes

Reading the topic in your textbook before class

Memorizing the textbook after class

Ignoring the visuals in the textbook

It helps you memorize the textbook.

It allows you to doodle during class.

It helps you pay attention and remember information more quickly.

It makes the class more entertaining.

What time is lunch?

How does this information relate to the main topic?

Who is sitting next to me?

What is the weather like outside?

To draw pictures.

To write down unrelated thoughts.

To record summary questions after class.

To make the page look neat.

It helps you remember the date.

It makes the notes look neat.

It helps determine what information will be on specific tests/quizzes.

It allows you to write more notes.

Keeps papers in order in case your binder pops open.

To make your notes longer.

To help you learn information at a higher level and remember it better.

To make your notes more colorful.

To impress your teacher.

The questions become a study guide.

Writing essays

Adding additional information, drawing charts, pictures, symbols

Practicing handwriting

Doodling

When the teacher repeats the same information twice.

When the teacher writes information on the board.

When the teacher explains the same concept in several different ways.

When the teacher is talking to another student.

Within 24 hours

Within a week

Within a month

Immediately before the next class