Note Taking and Outlining

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Note Taking and Outlining
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Are you a

• Visual learner?
• Auditory learner?
• Haptic learner?

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Purpose of Note Taking

• To enhance the students understanding of the
  material being presented and read
• To pay attention
• Writing down points helps you remember before you
  have to study

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Note Taking Process

• Effective note taking consists of three parts
• Observing
• Recording
• Reviewing
• Taking notes is the least important part of the
  process

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Understanding Yourself

• Hindrances to note taking
• Handwriting
• Difficulty developing graphs
• Cannot select the main idea
• Cannot see or hear from the back of the classroom

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Preparation for note taking

• Check syllabus prior to attending class
• Complete require assignments before coming to
  class
• Identify questions
• Bring the right supplies

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Observe

• Conduct a short pre-class review
• Sit front and center
• Keep an open mind
• Let go of judgments about lecture style
• Participate in class activities
• Think critically about what you hear
• Accept your wandering mind

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Observe Watch for clues

• Be alert to repetition
• Listen for introductory, concluding, and
  transition words and phrases
• Watch the board or projector
• Watch the instructors eyes
• Highlight the obvious clues
• Notice the instructors interest level

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Key Words and Key Points

• Key Words
• Identifies that the information to follow is
  important and should be recorded
• Often action verbs and nouns due or turn
• Clue words all, next, in addition to, or most
  importantly

• Key Points
• Identifies the main ideas
• Refer back to the textbook as a source
• Review questions at the end of the chapter

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Record

• The format and structure of your notes are more
  important than how fast you write or how elegant
  your handwriting is.

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Different Methods of Organization

• Cornell Method
• Mind Mapping
• Paragraph Form
• Topic and Concept Cards
• Tape recorders
• Outline form

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Cornell Method 5 Rs

• Record notes in right-hand column
• Reduce notes into the recall column
• Recite out loud from the recall column
• Reflect on the information
• Review notes immediately and regularly

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Cornell Method - Sample

• Name, Subject, Date
•  Key Words Notes
• Stock Market The system of buying and selling
  stocks and shares
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• Bear/Bull Bear market Stock prices ?
• Bull market Stock prices ?
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• Dow Jones Stat. Showing state of NY st. exch.
  Measures change in price of shares of 30
  maj. US corp.
• How to get good grades in College Woodburn
  Press

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Mind Map

• Visual Patterns
• Helps you think from general to specific
• Creating a mind map
• Give yourself plenty of room
• Determine main concept
• Use key words only
• Create links (arrows to show relationships)

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Concept map

• Visual device to help you discover how a text is
  organized
• List the key concepts in the text
• Rank the concepts to the flow from general to
  specific
• Draw lines that connect the concepts

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Using Abbreviations Symbols

• Standard abbreviations and symbols
• (plus)
• // (Parallel
• e.g. (Example)
• _at_ (at)
• w/o (without)
• ? (Change)

• Create your own examples
• Eliminate some unnecessary words such as is,
  was, were, the, of, for.

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Review

• Review within 24 hours
• Edit notes
• Fill in key words
• Use your key words as cues to recite
• Conduct short weekly review period
• Consider typing up your notes
• Create mind map summaries

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Note taking from a textbook

• PRWR (or SQ3R)
• Preview a rapid survey of the chapter.
• Read general sense of the chapter.
• Get the big picture first
• Read Summary paragraphs of each section or
  chapter to give general idea
• Write the titles and headings as questions
• Recite key words

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Note taking from textbook

• Finish reading before taking notes
• Know what to record (who, what, when, where, and
  why)
• Be selective on what you record
• Use your own words
• Use an appropriate form of organization
• If you quote word by word use quotation mark

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Creating an Outline

• An outline is a summary
• Organization
• title - summarizes the information in the
  selection
• Main ideas are set by the margin consistently
• Supporting points are indented under the main
  point and are marked by letters and numbers
• Most outlines do not need more than two or three
  levels of symbols

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Title Organizing an outline

• I. Major points First level of importance
• A. Supporting ideas
• B. Supporting ideas
• 1. Details indented
• 2. Under supporting ideas
• a. minor details
• II. Main idea