...Note-taking for higher education Introduction Note-taking at university can be a very important skill for the majority of students. The NOTE template can be used for taking notes in lectures, seminars, tutorials, etc., as well as notes taken from books, audio and/or video. Conventional A4 lined paper, or a digital/electronic device such as a laptop, netbook, tablet, etc. can be used, depending on the student’s preferred method of note-taking. Notes should be in summary form and long sentences avoided. Students should only write on one side of the page if using paper and pen –as this makes revising and reviewing easier. Use conventional abbreviations, notations and symbols wherever possible. http://www.gre.ac.uk/study/support/needs/disabled/aap/note-taking There are a number of different ways to take notes. So, you need to find a method you feel most at ease with. However, there are four general ideas that could help you to improve your note taking skill: ● Use white space to separate major ideas. ● Try to limit your notes to one concept or section per page. ● Use abbreviations and/or symbols where possible to avoid long sentences. ● Write down the information in your own words. Method: 1) The cornell method 2) The outlining method 3) Mind mapping 4) The sentence method http://owll.massey.ac.nz/study-skills/note-taking-methods.php Why important? 1) help to extend your attention span(Taking notes helps keep you focussed on your...
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... Academic Skills LNG 002-0 NOTE TAKING By AFROZA KAMAL NODI Student no. 1227636 A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of International foundation course in Academic Skills in the Department of Language &Communication May 2013 Note taking Introduction Note taking is a very useful thing to memorise something also it is a learning process itself. However, it is useful when we can write notes in a right way. The aim of this report is to describe what is note taking, how we can take notes and why we take notes also when we should take notes and so on. What is note taking? Note taking is a process to write down all key words to help remember the main idea. It is an art to take someone else’s words from their lectures, speeches or from reading. “Note taking means organising your own thoughts ,often creatively, and note taking means summarising someone else’s thoughts, as expressed in a book, article or lecture” (Buzan, 2010). How we can take notes? There are several ways of taking notes such as: * Linear patterning * Symbols and Abbreviations * Analysis * Cornell method * Mind map * Structured Lists (numerical/alphabetical) * Linear patterning: liner notes are usually written in straight lines. Grammar, chorological sequence and hierarchical sequence is also used ( (Buzan, 2010). This is the typical outline format of note taking. * Symbols: These include letters, words...
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...FIVE NOTETAKING METHODS Notetaking Great note-taking takes practice. You have to find a method that works for you, and that may change depending on the class that you’re in (for example, a science class versus a humanities class). Here are 5 methods that are proven to be successful. Read over each one and decide if there’s one that might work for you. These styles are described in the format you would use to take notes in class. You might find that a comfortable method is a combination of 2 or more of the ones listed here, and that’s fine. Figure out what works for you and stick with it! Page # Layout of the page and where to write THE CORNELL METHOD Today’s Date You physically draw a line vertically down your paper, leaving 2.5 inches on the left and 6 inches on the right. This allows you to take notes on the right-hand side of the page leaving space on the left to summarize the main point with a cue word or phase. When the instructor moves to a new topic, skip a line. It is also a great idea to use some organizational structure to your whole page. Use bullets! Use an indented system – kind of like outlining You can underline important words. If you aren’t able to completely write down an idea before the instructor moves on to a new topic, fill it in after class. After class, test your knowledge of course material by covering up the right side of the page, reading the cue words, and trying to remember as much information as possible. Then check to see if you remembered...
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...reading, I take notice and look for answers to questions I may have, and to pay closer attention to words that are in bold lettering and underlined words. Once finished reading, I reflect back on what I have learned and fill in any part that I may not understand or have extra questions about. 2. These strategies have helped me tremendously because, I am able to answer questions allot easier and I don’t have to keep flipping my pages back and forth to remember what I have read from the beginning. I will already have grasped the concept of what is in my textbook, by browsing through and taking notice to what is outlined for me through pictures, graphs or any other graphic materials to help further my knowledge of the book. B. Note Taking 1. I use note taking when studying, but after reading it I have come to found that I am not doing it the correct ways. 2. Note taking worked for me because I used flashcards and I found it easier for me to remember what was on them rather than to read a chapter,...
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...edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofs&AN=55725308&site=ehost-live&scope=site New Skills for a New Work Reality Read "New Skills for a New Work Reality," by Galagan, from T + D (2011). (4pgs.) Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=67091140&site=ehost-live&scope=site The Cornell Method Read "The Cornell Method" portion of the Note Taking Systems page of the California Polytechnic State University website. (6pgs.) Link: http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingsystems.html Parallel Note-Taking: A Strategy for Effective Use of Webnotes Read "Parallel Note-Taking: A Strategy for Effective Use of Webnotes," by Pardini et al., from Journal of College Reading and Learning (2005). (18pgs.) Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ689655&site=ehost-live&scope=site The Digital Dog Ate My Notes Read, "The Digital Dog Ate My Notes: Tools and Strategies for 21st Century Research Projects," by Lamb & Johnson, from Teacher Librarian (2009). Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=47500220&site=ehost-live&scope=site TEDTalks Resources: Utilize the following resources to assist you in responding to the Journals and Discussion Questions throughout this course. Topic 3: Drew...
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...Taking Notes Eboni M. Whitfield Grantham University Student Success & Week 6 Taking Notes “Hang on to the world as it’s spinning around. Just don’t let the spin get you down”. This will always be one of my favorite songs by a great lyricist, Donny Hathaway; Someday we’ll be Free. In learning and retaining songs, I refrain from listening to it over and over again. I listen to a line of the song and write each line out. Writing the lyrics to songs is almost like note-taking. This strategy is in alignment with the Sentence Strategy in which I feel is most useful and effective in note-taking. The sentence note-taking method consists of writing a list of sentences as you read through the material (Johnson, 2011). The advantage to this strategy remains that it is more organized and it records most of the information. A disadvantage makes it difficult when it comes to determining the focal points and editing. Based on the courses I am taking, is this strategy most effective? Yes. Are there other strategies that may be effective? Yes. I have also found that with note-taking in my current courses, the strategy that best suits me is the mapping strategy. This strategy has been used in the past and in the light of the concepts of note-taking, it is also resourceful. This strategy allows readers to pinpoint the main theory of what they read and provide a visual representation of relationships between information and ideas (Johnson, 2011). Because research...
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...Phase 2 Individual Project The Cornell method of note taking is very thorough. I liked it because the summary portion makes it easy to quickly review your notes without going in to full detail, and still be able to grasp concepts. I did not like the fact that you had to do the questions/keywords after you took the notes. This, to me at least, felt backwards from what I am used to and it became more time consuming for me because of that. I liked the outline method because of the way it flows with the text that I was reading. I disliked the outline method because actually typing it out, all of the letters and numbers get a little bit confusing and it almost takes away from the different points. My preferred method for note taking out of the two would be outline. It is easier to type and you can quickly look at key concepts. It is visually more appealing to me. Outlining your notes also seems to allow you to pack in more details than I was able to put into the Cornell notes. After reading chapter eight, I feel that I am a visual learner. I think that since I am a visual learner it makes sense that I would prefer the notes that are more visually appealing. I read that a visual learner should summarize information in visual formats such as short sentences or bullet points, which to me would be more like an outline. This also makes sense because I learned that visual learners are better at remembering what they read if it is written in descriptive text and with outlines you can...
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...achieve my career goals. Among the many, the three main concepts that I have learned in this lecture, which have appealed to me the most as a means to successfully complete my graduate degree are: * Time management * Preview of assignments * and Lecture note taking. It is an essential component for the progress and successful completion of any course. We all have a set of goals, but all goals do not weigh the same importance. Managing time properly helps to prioritize goals, after which one’s daily routine can be organized to achieve these goals (“Time management guide”, n.d.). Procrastination of work is commonly seen when an individual fails to manage one’s time. Also, it is seen often times, that students, without proper time distribution, devote a lot more time than required to certain study activities, while many other important activities are neglected (“Time management guide”, n.d.). For a higher education degree, such as a Masters, time management plays a key role in every stage of the coursework. A sense of time is critical for the following: a. Setting aside time for self-study on a weekly basis. A timed self-study can help an individual to preview and review course materials. b. For assignments, it is critical to assess time carefully in order to meet deadlines. c. For test or exams, setting time aside specifically for exam preparation each week is beneficial. In my personal experience, if time is not managed properly, it...
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...achieve my career goals. Among the many, the three main concepts that I have learned in this lecture, which have appealed to me the most as a means to successfully complete my graduate degree are: * Time management * Preview of assignments * and Lecture note taking. It is an essential component for the progress and successful completion of any course. We all have a set of goals, but all goals do not weigh the same importance. Managing time properly helps to prioritize goals, after which one’s daily routine can be organized to achieve these goals (“Time management guide”, n.d.). Procrastination of work is commonly seen when an individual fails to manage one’s time. Also, it is seen often times, that students, without proper time distribution, devote a lot more time than required to certain study activities, while many other important activities are neglected (“Time management guide”, n.d.). For a higher education degree, such as a Masters, time management plays a key role in every stage of the coursework. A sense of time is critical for the following: a. Setting aside time for self-study on a weekly basis. A timed self-study can help an individual to preview and review course materials. b. For assignments, it is critical to assess time carefully in order to meet deadlines. c. For test or exams, setting time aside specifically for exam preparation each week is beneficial. In my personal experience, if time is not managed properly, it...
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...Course: Diploma in Business Studies (DBS) Module: SBUS1006D Developing Academic Competencies Essay Title: “Reflection on your learning in Semester 1” Submitted by Wayne Kenny Student Number: 11271868 Lecturer: Oonagh Sweeney Submission Date: 16th March 2012 Word count: 1,544 Introduction Learning is further developing the skills and knowledge you have already bringing with it the opportunity to acquire new skills and gain more knowledge. The way in which one person learns can differ from one to the next as we experienced in semester 1. When we got together as a class to discuss how we prepared for assignments and exams we discovered many different approaches, the student’s opinions of what was best practice varied from student to student. Part A Learning Style This was the first time I had looked at different learning styles as thought to define them in a group or category i.e. Visual, Auditory, Reading & Writing and Kinaesthetic learners. I wasn’t sure what category I fell into and if known was going to even benefit me in anyway. In order to understand the first exercise I needed to do was reflect on my prior learning experience of semester 1 to help me understand my own preferred learning style. It became clear as to why this exercise was beneficial to me as a student; I started to understand what style suited me best and as equally important what style I didn’t using when learning. The definition of a learning...
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...is in her first semester of college and is taking 12 credit hours: ACA 111, HSC 110, ENG 111, PSY 150, and developmental math. She’s doing well in most of her classes except for ENG 111 and PSY 150. Both courses regularly have multiple chapter reading assignments. In PSY 150, she failed her first test and all three of her quizzes. In ENG 111, she hasn’t had a test yet, but she feels completely lost. Keisha struggles to complete all her reading assignments and is really having a hard time finding an effective way to take notes while in class. When Keisha tries to read some of the chapters, she often reads at the end of the day. She never starts reading with an intention or a goal in mind. She has tried reading in the kitchen and in the living room while her roommates watch television, but she easily gets distracted. In class, Keisha vigorously tries to write down everything her instructor says. She is often so focused on writing exactly what her instructor says, that she doesn’t truly hear the material the instructor is covering. When Keisha does try to review her notes after class, she has trouble reading what she wrote. She gets frustrated and gives up. Keisha is thinking about dropping ENG 111 and PSY 150. Your Assignment Put yourself in Keisha’s shoes. If you were struggling in one of these areas (Reading or Note-Taking), what would you do differently? How could you become a more effective reader OR note-taker and in turn, improve your grades in these...
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...the ways to make it not such a trying time we can become very successful. There are many different study skills that can help us succeed in college. Note taking is one of the skills that I have found very helpfully in my first quarter in college. Taking notes can be used for many different reasons and help in many different ways. Notes can be used for teachings in class that have no related textbook. Writing down things like questions the teacher asks as well as the answers to those questions, these can reveal the teachers goals and objectives of the subject (“Study Tip #09”) . Even if there is a textbook to the teachings, notes can save time in having to go back through a chapter of the book to find the information needed. Writing down everything from titles to organize the notes to new words or concepts, even diagrams and forms can all be very useful. These notes are very helpful to look back at to study for upcoming exams. If one does not take notes all they have is memory to rely on, the odds aren't very good. “Most people can keep information in their working memories for only fifteen to twenty seconds unless they recite it or deliberately memorize it by making associations to the topic. There are times when your concentration on taking notes can interfere with your need to understand new and complicated material. Note-taking and listening while thinking about new ideas give your mind two fairly complex tasks to do and they interfere with...
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...they go on to talk about the first step being, take smart notes. It starts off with making sure you are taking the right notes down and not things that you will not need for the quiz or exam. They want to make sure you get the big idea out of each topic. Then they go on about the question, evidence, and conclusion. This is the way that they think people should take notes. The way I take notes is different. I find it hard to think of a question while you have to take notes at the speed of the professor is giving the lecture. What I do is make sure I mark the title of the section that I am taking the notes on then mark the notes from the section accordingly with other symbols. I find it easy to take notes in my calculus class and in my physics class. In my accounting class the professor does not have a slide show and does not lecture so it is very difficult to take notes in that class. I manage to get notes down in every class so that I can understand the material. Next the book talks about demoting assignments, and how you should choose which assignments to do over others. If you have multiple sources to read for a paper then you should only read the most credible sources so you get the important material and don’t read the same thing multiple times. I have not had a class yet that gives out multiple reading assignments for a paper. The book gives a good a good example that I would use if I did have and assignment that was like that. I think it would make sure I get everything...
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...right? That’s why I want to study this topic for me to understand and to know why most accountancy students fail in the Philippines and for me not to fail my chosen course or my accountancy subjects. And I also want to study this topic for others to know that Accountancy is not that hard if you just try you’re best to understand it and give some time to answer or compute all the problems. II. Background of the Study According to my research and resources most accountancy students fail because “accounting assignments/problems are very time consuming and sometimes not easy to understand” (Francisco Vazquez, 2012). And those students don’t want their minds to explode and waste their time to come up with an answer or solution that they choose to play video games or surf the net than answering their math question/s. And these are also some habits why most accountancy students fail: 1. Not Attending Class 2. Not Doing Assignments 3. Not Taking Notes 4. Relying on Other Students 5. Not Managing Time Well 6. Procrastinating / Doing Last Minute Work 7. Not Following Instructions or Directions 8. Not Participating in Class 9. Mind-Blocking / Negative Thinking 10. Blaming Your Teacher...
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