Note Taking Skills

Note Taking Skills Gayle E. Wood, M.Ed. Director of Access and Diversity

Note-Taking Skills • Write only on one side of the paper. • Use a 3-ring binder so that you can keep your notes organized. • Create a lost signal to use whenever you get lost taking notes.

Note-Taking Skills • Make sure your notes are labeled and your pages are numbered. • Put your name on each page. • Use standard abbreviations. • listen for introductory, concluding, and transitionalwords and phrases.

Note-Taking Skills • Leave space between your notes. • Use words and phrases, instead of complete sentences, if possible. • Copy diagrams, equations, dates, definitions, and illustrations word-for-word.

Styles of Note Taking • Cornell Method • Outline Form • Mind Maps • Paragraphs • Charts

Online Resources • Introduction to Note Taking • www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/notetake.pdf • Note Taking in Lecture and Classroom Discussions • http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/notes/ • Note Taking and Listening • www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm#motivation • Note Taking Styles • http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/studyskills/taking_notes.pdf

Note Taking Skills