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Take Your Notes in a consistent style • Use standard 8 ½ x 11 lined notebook paper. • Title your paper with the class, date and whatever information is needed to uniquely identify these notes. • Devise and use your own shorthand to make note taking easier, and use it consistently. • If you miss information, leave a blank spot in your notes and ask a classmate for that information after class. • Don’t crowd information together. Leave room for extra information and put only one idea or item on a line. • Use bullets to create a summary-outline form. • Keep your notes in order. Know Your Instructor’s Style Be aware of where the lecture material is coming from. Does your instructor: • Simply review the text page by page? • Use the text as a basis for the lecture but add a lot of information from other sources? • Lecture on other sources and expect you to read the text on your own? Consider the way an instructor organizes and delivers information • If your instructor starts a class with “Today we will discuss the three basic ways of …,” use that as a key to organize your notes as you take them. • If your instructor begins with an anecdote, or some other illustrative material, you will have to write down ideas in the order that the instructor delivers them and then spend time organizing them after class. Adapted from: Glendale Community College Learning Assistance Centre, Taking Useful Notes in Lectures. Note Taking from Lectures Last Modified August 1, 2008
Stay alert for cues that your instructor gives you, such as: • Changing voice pitch, rate or tone. • Writing information on the board. • Referring to audio-visual material, such as computer presentations. • repetition Adapted from: Glendale Community College Learning Assistance Centre, Taking Useful Notes in Lectures. Note Taking from Lectures Last Modified August 1, 2008
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