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STUDY SKILLS: NOTE TAKING

STUDY SKILLS: NOTE TAKING. WHY IS NOTE TAKING IMPORTANT?. The ability to pick out the key points from a book, article, lecture or presentation is essential for effective study Without effective note taking skills you will not be able to see the wood for the trees

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STUDY SKILLS: NOTE TAKING

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  1. STUDY SKILLS: NOTE TAKING

  2. WHY IS NOTE TAKING IMPORTANT? • The ability to pick out the key points from a book, article, lecture or presentation is essential for effective study • Without effective note taking skills you will not be able to see the wood for the trees • This skill will be particularly important at university where you will have to study on a more independent basis

  3. Focus your attention Help you to understand the original text better Help you to memorise things you need to learn Help you to research for an essay or piece of coursework Help you to see the ‘big picture’ or how the parts of your work fit together Give you a sense of having achieved something WHAT WILL GOOD NOTES ENABLE YOU TO DO?

  4. THE FIRST STAGE • Where you can, highlight or underline key ideas in a text. A book may not be yours or you may not want to deface books of your own • Be careful not to highlight too much. The point of good note-taking is to be selective and to focus on essentials • E.g. Be careful not to highlight too much.The point of good note-taking is to be selective and to focus on essentials • Highlighting focuses your attention on the text, makes you thinks about keyconcepts and issues

  5. Use your highlighting to make well set out notes Present them neatly and clearly Notes should be a simplified version of the original Use subheadings Highlight key concepts in your notes Number and/or bullet point your notes Add your own comments or observations where appropriate Quote directly where needed otherwise use your own words Present your notes in a way which suits you NOTE TAKING

  6. Conventional notes with sub-headings and key points written out Spider diagrams Mind-maps which show the connections between ideas Visual representation of ideas Use large A3 sheets to show the big picture for a topic or file cards, depending on which suits you TYPES OF NOTES

  7. REVISION NOTES • When it comes to revision you cannot make a set of brief revision notes based on your full notes which focus on essential topics and sub-topics and the most important concepts you need to know • Condensing your notes in this way is part of learning them • This help you create orderliness at a higher level of your thinking

  8. Student Activity Identify THREE strategies that you might try out in future to take better notes 1 2 3

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