Good Note Taking

Common bad habits of first time note-takers would NOT include

• Writing down everything the instructor says

• Copying the lecture/presentation word for word

• Missing important cues

• Using abbreviations frequently

The ultimate goal is for you to ______ the information in your notes.

• Record

• Recall

• Apply

• Repeat

Why isn't it enough to just record notes?

• The information could be recorded wrong fairly easily.

• It's just fragmented pieces of information until it's applied.

• You have to memorize and be able to repeat the information as well.

• Actually, recording is enough.

On average, what percentage of unprocessed information gets forgotten after only 2 days?

• 47%

• 62%

• 69%

• 78%

On average, students who are taught note-taking skills capture how much more critical points in a lecture than students who aren't taught these skills?

• 18 to 23 percent more

• 37 percent more

• 55 to 60 percent more

• 69 percent more

Which of these would be considered an important "real time" note-taking habit?

• Organization

• Abbreviation

• Listening for Instructor Cues

• All of these

Which of these would be considered an important "review" note-taking habit?

• Asking questions

• Applying critical frameworks

• Paying attention for key concepts

• All of these

This is an example of a critical framework you can apply to your notes

• Question based notes

• Key concept based notes

• Recall based notes

• Hierarchy based notes