MODULE 6 (week 3)

TAKING LECTURE NOTES


WHY TAKE NOTES?

• Promotes active listening (notes or laptop)
• Provides an accurate record of information
• Helps you organize the information
• Provides additional repetition

STEPS IN THE LISTENING AND NOTE-TAKING :

• Decide to listen (motivation)
• Receive messages
• Pay attention
• Select relevant information
• Interpret information
• Condense (understand) information 
• Organize information
• Take notes

NOTE-TAKING SYSTEMS :

⭐THE INFORMAL OUTLINE

⭐THE BLOCK METHOD

⭐THE MODIFIED-BLOCK METHOD

IN OUR NOTES NEEDS :

• Headings (IMPORTANT)
• Details :⇾Facts
                  ⇾Explanations
                   ⇾Definitions
                  ⇾Enumerations
                 ⇾Examples
                  ⇾Anything repeated or spelled out
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• Anything on: ♥️The chalkboard
                           ♥️A PowerPoint slide
                           ♥️A transparency
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• Drawings, charts, or problems written on the board
• Conclusional statements

SHOULD I EDIT MY NOTES ? The answer is YES

• To get feedback on your note taking
• To get an accurate record of information
• To organize the information in your notes
• To review both the text and lecture material and integrate the course material
• Prepares your notes for later review by adding recall questions in the margin

HOW TO EDIT OUR NOTES ?

• ♡Fill in gaps
• ♡Check for accurancy
• ♡Clarify meaning
• ♡Improve organization
• ♡Develop recall questions

WAYS TO REVIEW OUR NOTES :

⬇️RECITE FROM THE HEADINGS⬇️

⬇️RECITE FROM THE RECALL QUESTIONS⬇️

⬇️TALK ABOUT THE INFORMATION WITH OTHERS⬇️

THE CORNELL 

NOTE-TAKING 

SYSTEM

APA Format (Reference)

Book 

• Shay, J. (1994). Achilles in Vietnam : Combat trauma and the undoing of character. New York: Touchstone.

Article in a Magazine

• Klein, J. (1998, October 5). Dizzy days. The New Yorker, 40-45.

Web page

• Poland, D. (1998, October 26). The hot button. Roughcut. Retrieved October 28, 1998 from http://www.roughcut.com

A newspaper article

• Tommasini, A. (1998, October 27). Master teachers whose artistry glows in private. New York Times, p. B2.
• A source with no known author Cigarette sales fall 30% as California tax rises. (1999, September 14).  New York Times, p. A17.