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Note Taking
Note Taking
Good note-taking allows a permanent record of key information that you can integrate with your own writing, and use for exam revision. Taking reliable, accurate notes also reduces the risk of plagiarising. It helps you distinguish where your ideas came from and how and what you think about those ideas
Sumarising Skills
Sumarising Skills
Summarising teaches students how to identify the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way. Teaching students to summarise improves their memory for what is read. Summarization strategies can be used in almost every content area.
The Cornell Method
The Cornell Method
Record
Record
Write telegraphically: Do not write out every word, use abbreviations, symbols, etc.
Write on the right side of the page (Notes section in the above diagram)
Identify the Main Question or Idea
Identify the Main Question or Idea
Write these on the left side of the page
Can be a keyword, phrase, question or diagram
Recite
Recite
Say out loud what you have learned in your own words
Cover up the right side of your notes and recite the keywords, phrases, questions until you can answer them or provide detail on your own
Reflect
Reflect
How does the information fit with what you already know?
Make it personal, create examples, analogies
After reflecting, add comments, illustrations, and questions in your notes
As you reflect you will take OWNERSHIP of the information
Review
Review
Review should be regular and routine
Use Distributed Practice:
The 1st review should occur after working for one hour and after your break – Study, take a break, review
The 2nd review should be within one day of the first review
The 3rd review should be within one week of the second review
The 4th review should be within a month or prior to a test
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