U3 L5 Taking Effective Notes

Question 1

What type of information will you be responsible for when taking notes?

Answer 1

• info on professor’s lectures
• info on textbooks
• outside reading

Question 2

Is note-taking in college different from note-taking in highschool?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

What is passive listening?

Answer 3

• ‘just sitting there’

- recording lectures on a device

Question 4

What causes students to form bad listening habits?

Answer 4

• poor posture
• poor attitudes
• assumption that education is irrelevant to ‘real life’

Question 5

What are 3 suggestions that can help you become an effective note-taker?

Answer 5

• Be prepared with materials (notebook, pen)
• Have a mindset that you will learn something worthwhile
• Sit in front for more interaction with the professor and low distraction

Question 6

What is taking notes in class an adequate preparation for?

Answer 6

preparation for outside class

Question 7

What are the advantages of reading over lecture notes and study notes?

Answer 7

• you will remember them more
• your instructor will see you as a positive learner
• you will organize them as you reread them
• you will learn as you copy your notes

Question 8

What are 5 principles to take good notes?

Answer 8

• Note key points and sub points
• listen for cues like ‘note..’
• be brief
• recheck notes right after class to not forget
• record due dates

Question 9

What are 5 steps to take effective notes from textbooks?

Answer 9

• read end chapter questions
• read the entire thing
• note important headings and points
• write in own words, brief
• Go over difficult concepts and use keywords for better recall

Question 10

What is one method to take notes for a library paper?

Answer 10

note cards

Question 11

What should a note card record?

Answer 11

• one note on one card rule

- one idea or fact

Question 12

What should be the format of a note card?

Answer 12

top left- topic or subtopic

top right- reference of source (author’s last name or title)

Question 13

If you are not working with a bibliography what should you put in the note card?

Answer 13

complete bibliographical info

Question 14

What is verbatim?

Answer 14

copying word for word

Question 15

How can you avoid plagiarism/verbatim in your notes?

Answer 15

• use a thesaurus
• use own words
• indicate paraphrase (P), summary (S), or extract (“)
• use note cards