My typical way of taking notes would have to be I try to look for key words or key points the instructor says or points out. I try to write down at least most of what the instructor is saying or I will listen to when they say ‘listen up” or “make sure you write this down”. But, for me taking notes are hard but I still try to get as much as I can or what I think is important. Then when I do take notes I feel that I am missing more then what I need to because I am still on the last paragraph that he/she has said.
To be honest I do not believe my way of taking notes is the best but it the way or technique that works for me. As it is still early in the Mod I cannot really determine if my technique works or not yet. My note taking skills in the past depending on the class it has helped me but in other cases came back to bite in the rear end. Now I can that it may help in my medical term course. The notes that I do take in med term helps because the instructor diagrams or make put them important terms in a weird sentence or relates it to everyday life.
Now going back to when I said that as I write my notes it becomes hard to get everything the teacher is saying and I do miss somethings. But, when it does come to that I either get the rest of the notes from a classmate or at the end of the class I ask the instructor what they meant. I discover missing notes at the end of class or I may even catch the as they happen. But, there have been cases where I thought I had all the notes until I go home and I go to study my notes and I get confused at what I am reading that is also I point I realize I missed notes. I tend to miss the most notes when the instructor speaks to fast or I maybe still be writing notes on what the instructor has already said.