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Effective Listening and Notetaking

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The step of focused note-taking where you analyze the notes to add your own thinking is

a)

#1 Taking Notes

b)

#2 Processing Notes

c)

#3 Connecting Thinking

d)

#4 Summarizing and Reflecting

2.

By looking at your notes to take this quiz, you are doing...

a)

#2~ Processing Notes

b)

#3~ Connecting Thinking

c)

#4~ Summarizing and Reflecting

d)

#5~Applying Learning

3.

Which of these is NOT a way to limit distractions from devices...

a)

Wanting to make a change

b)

Using apps

c)

Setting goals

d)

Throwing away your Chromebook

4.

Students should multitask (do multiple things at once) on their devices.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Check all of the options that are a part of Step #2, processing notes.

a)

Revsing

b)

Highlighting

c)

Connecting

d)

Adding

e)

Organizing

6.

The only correct way to take notes is by using Cornell Notes.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What are the 5 Phases of Focused Note Taking

a)

Taking, Processing, Connecting, Summarizing & Reflecting, Applying

b)

Taking, Processing, Connecting, Summarizing, & Reflecting

c)

Taking, Producing, Connecting, Summarizing & Reflecting, Applying

d)

Taking, Processing, Connecting, Summarizing & Reflecting, Re-Applying

8.

What is a summary?

a)

Facts from your notes. It's the most important info and answers the essential question.

b)

It's your opinion on how the learning has effected you.

c)

It's how you will demonstrate what you've learned and how to apply it.

9.

What is the purpose of Focused Note Taking?

a)

To ensure you make an "A" on your assessment.

b)

To help you remember what you have learned.

c)

To make your binder look good.

d)

To help you improve your vocabulary and increase the amount of information you can write about.

10.

What is summarizing?

a)

Restating in your own words only the key ideas of the original piece in a condensed form

b)

Copying the ideas word for word and using quotation marks

c)

Restating the content in your own words by replacing some of the words to avoid plagiarizing but maintaining most of the same meaning

d)

Writing the first and last sentence of every paragraph

11.

What is paraphrasing?

a)

Restating in your own words only the key ideas of the original piece in a condensed form

b)

Copying the ideas word for word and using quotation marks

c)

Restating the content in your own words by replacing some of the words to avoid plagiarizing but maintaining most of the same meaning

d)

Writing the first and last sentence of every paragraph

12.

When is it acceptable not to cite information?

a)

When the information is factual, common knowledge, and no source was necessary

b)

When the information is only one sentence from a source

c)

When the information is another person’s opinion or it is a common opinion held by many people

d)

When many sources stated the same information

13.

When is it best to use a direct quote?

a)

To state numeric data and statistics

b)

When the information is presented in such a way that it is important to retain the original wording because changing it would alter its meaning

c)

When it’s an entire paragraph of information

d)

When you can’t figure out how else to say it

14.

Which of the following constitutes plagiarism? (choose all that apply)

a)

Presenting someone else’s ideas, phrasing, facts, explanations, statistics, research, examples, ideas, opinions, or arguments as your own

b)

Copying only one paragraph, sentence, or phrase

c)

Paraphrasing information without citing the source of the information or crediting the author

d)

Copying the ideas word for word and using quotation marks

15.
What is the best way to understand people?
a)
listen to them
b)
think about what you are going to say next
16.
When you actively listen to someone, it helps you understand the message they are communicating.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
Developing good listening skills helps us to .....
a)
understand others better
b)
see better
18.
Interrupting someone while they are talking shows GOOD listening skills
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Paying attention to what someone is saying shows good listening skills
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Trying to imagine what the other person is feelings shows good listening skills
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Empathy is the ability to...
a)
understand and share the feelings of others
b)
choose the best path to walk on
22.
Having empathy for someone means you are actively listening to them
a)
true 
b)
false
23.
Which one is a way to nonverbally send the message that you are listening?
a)
keep eye contact with the person speaking
b)
looking away from the person talking
24.
Which one is a way to nonverbally send the message that you are listening?
a)
have your back turned to the person speaking
b)
face the person speaking
25.
Showing you are interested in what a person is saying shows that you are listening.
a)
false
b)
true
26.
Nodding your head and smiling sends the nonverbal message that you are listening.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
Giving feedback to a person that you are listening to helps the conversation to continue naturally.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
Giving feedback to someone you are listening to can be through oral or nonverbal communication. 
a)
false
b)
true
29.
An example of giving positive feedback to someone you are listening to is....
a)
agree with them
b)
check the time 
30.
Asking clarifying questions is a way to give positive feedback to someone you are talking to.
a)
false
b)
true
31.
Checking your phone while listening to someone shows that you are listening.
a)
true
b)
false
32.
A good listening skill is to be patient and wait until the speaker is completely finished talking.
a)
true
b)
false
33.
Paying attention to a person's nonverbal messages is another way to listen to them.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Listening is important because....
a)
your teacher tells you to do it
b)
it helps you understand the message other people communicate
35.

Use brief, positive prompts to keep the conversation going and show you are listening

a)

Minimal encourages

b)

summarizing

c)

Silence

d)

"I" messages

36.

BY using "I" in your statements, you focus on the problem not the person

a)

Giving Feedback

b)

"I" messege

c)

Consequences

d)

Summaraizing

37.

Allow for comfortable silences to slow down the exchange. Give a person time to think as well as talk.

a)

Validation

b)

Effective Pause

c)

Silence

d)

Redirecting

38.

Putting feelings into words will often help a person to see things more objectively.

a)

Restating

b)

Probing

c)

Giving Feedback

d)

Emotional Labeling

39.

Deliberately pause at key points for emphasis.

a)

Validation

b)

Effective Pause

c)

Probing

d)

Redirecting

40.

Bring together the facts and pieces of the problem to check understanding.

a)

Summarizing

b)

Restating

c)

Reflecting

d)

Probing

41.

If someone is showing signs of being overly aggressive, agitated, or angry, this is the time to shift the discussion to another topic.

a)

Silence

b)

Redirecting

c)

Validation

d)

Probing

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