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- Prepare yourself mentally
- Be sure of your purpose and the speaker's purpose
- They may not be the same
- Be sure of your purpose and the speaker's purpose
- Review your notes and other background material
- Review your reading assignment
- Reading should be done BEFORE class
- Think through what has happened in the class to date
- Generate enthusiasm and interest
- Increased knowledge results in increased interest
- A clear sense of purpose on your part will make the course content more relevant
- Acting as if you are interested can help
- Don't let the personality or mannerisms of a speaker put you off
- What, not how, is important
- Be ready to understand and remember
- Anticipate what is to come, and evaluate how well you were able to do this
- We learn from failure
- Are notes necessary?
- Don't be lulled into a sense of security by an effective presentation
- Hearing a thing once is not enough. Memory requires Review and Understanding
- Don't try for a verbatim transcript
- Get all of the main ideas
- Record some details, illustrations, implications, etc.
- Paraphrase
- But remember that the speaker may serve as a model
- Integrate with other knowledge you already have
- But don't allow preconceived notions to distort what you are hearing
- Use form to indicate relative importance of items
- Underscore or star major points
- Leave plenty of white space for later additions
- Note speaker's organisation of material
- Organisation aids memory
- Organisation indicates gaps when they occur
- Be accurate
- Listen carefully to what is being said
- Pay attention to qualifying words like sometimes, usually, rarely, etc.
- Notice signals that a change of direction is coming but, however, on the other hand
- Be an aggressive, not a passive, listener
- Ask questions and discuss if it's permitted
- If not, jot questions in your notes
- Seek out meanings. Look for implications beyond what is being said
- Develop a suitable system of mechanics
- Jot down words or phrases, not entire sentences
- Develop some system of shorthand and be consistent in its use (e.g. Hr s sntnc wth vwls lft t - Here is a sentence with vowels left out!)
- Leave out small service words
- Use contractions and abbreviations
- Use symbols +, =, &, @
- Try to get the hang of listening and writing at the same time. It can be done.
- You may practice listening to the news on TV and taking notes
- Review and reword them as soon as possible
- You should consider this in scheduling your work load
- Don't just recopy or type without thought
- " Reminiscing " may provide forgotten material later
- Rewrite incomplete or skimpy parts in greater detail
- Fill in gaps as you remember points heard but not recorded
- Arrange with another colleague to compare notes or debrief if appropriate
- Find answers to any questions remaining unanswered
- Write a brief summary of the event
- We forget 50% of what we hear immediately; two months later, another 25% is gone. Relearning is rapid if regular review is used
- Compare the information in your notes with your own experience
- Don't swallow everything uncritically
- Don't reject what seems strange or incorrect. Check it out.
- Be willing to hold some seeming inconsistencies in your mind over a period of time
- Make meaningful associations
- You should consider this in scheduling your work load
- Sharpen your note taking technique by looking at your colleagues' notes. How are they better than your own? How are your notes superior?
- Practice those skills you wish to develop
Before Taking Notes
Decide How Much You Are Going To Do
While Taking Notes
After Taking Notes
- Prepare yourself mentally
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- This takes understanding of what you're doing
- It takes practice, which involves effort
- Spoken language is more diffuse than written
- Speaker's organisation is not immediately apparent
- Immediate feedback seldom occurs
- Spoken language is quick, and does not 'exist' for long
- This makes analysis difficult
- Provides a written record for review
- Forces the listener to pay attention
- Requires organisation, which involves active effort on the part of the listener
- Listener must condense and rephrase, which aids understanding
- Seating
- Near the front and centre
- Vision is better
- Hearing is better
- Avoid distractions
- Doorways, window glare, etc.
- Peers
- Near the front and centre
- Materials
- Two pens
- Ink easier to read
- You have a reserve
- Wide-lined, easy-eye paper
- Conference/Meeting date, and topic clearly labelled
- May use dividers
- Plenty of blank paper in back
- Two pens
Effective Note Taking
Note Taking Is A Skill
Note Taking Is Difficult Because
Four Purposes For Note Taking
Physical Factors
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