Chapter 4 Taking Notes in Class How to Sharpen Your Listening Skills 9/23CHAPTER 4 SHARPEN SKILLS: --listening = active, like reading grasp ideas  assess import  connect to other ideas find main ideas  eval import of details transitions impt EX – First, second, third (shows sequence) – However (shows contrast) find thought patterns: ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS EX — compare / contrast cause + effect

How to Sharpen Your Listening Skills SHARPEN SKILLS con’t: --content NOT delivery --ideas (BIG PICTURE) + facts --spkers opening stmnts v. impt can get overview + figure out main pts --what is spkers purpose EX – 1 sell smthg ex-HSN 2 inform 3 persuade (like sell) ????4 entertain (satire – know by tone) --fill gap btw speech rate + thinking rate spk wpm BUT THINK wpm = boredom prevent boredom  take notes / ask Qs --listening = mental challenge

Preparing for Lecture Class

How to Take Lecture Notes

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How to Make Note Taking Easier

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How to Edit Your Notes

Using a Computer to Organize Notes

The Recall Clue System

2” 6” 2” During the lecture class write notes in the wide (6’’) column. To study from the notes, write either cue words or questions in the narrow column. Write a summary in the space at the bottom of the note sheet. 1. Take notes here. 2. Review by writing cue words here. 3. Write a brief summary here.

The Recall Clue System (the Cornell format) Home truths about teachers: --establish topics of research or advanced study of your teachers esp. if these are related to syllabus check for articles or books written by teachers and their specialization. -- go to ALL lectures - academic advantage + creates an impression that you are diligent student (can help later in the class). --go to the last lecture of every course - usly exam tips are given + teachers notice who is attending. To get the best out of your teachers, establish their interests, attend all lectures, esp. the last lecture. What’s teacher’s interest Attend all lectures Attend last lecture

Frequently Asked Question 1 I often get sleepy in class. How I can stay awake? SUPPLEMENTAL Information

Answer When you become sleepy in class it may be due to lack of oxygen. There is a four step, 30 second exercise you can do if this occurs. Step 1. Straighten your spine. Put both feel on the floor, uncross your arms and legs, sit up straight and hold your head up straight. Step 2. Take a deep breath and hold it. While you hold it, tense the muscles in your body. Begin with the muscles in your feet, then legs, thighs, and so forth, steadily moving up your body, ending with the arms and hands. Hold these muscles tense for the count of five and then relax and exhale. Step 3. Breathe deeply three times. Inhale slowly and deeply, breathing into your belly as well as your chest. Pause momentarily at the top of the breath and then exhale completely. When you have exhaled as much as you can, force out more air by contracting your muscles. Do this breathing exercise three times. Step 4. Repeat the steps mentioned in Step 2. You have now successfully activated all of your muscles and filled your body with oxygen. With practice you can do this exercise in class without your classmates or professor noticing

Frequently Asked Question 3 My professor talks too fast, what can I do?

 Take more time to prepare for class. Pre-read the class readings before you attend class. –Be willing to make choices. You can either focus on the fact that the professor talks too fast or you can focus on the key points of the lecture and try to catch as much as possible & revise your notes immediately after the class is over.  Exchange photo copies of notes with your fellow classmates. Maybe someone in your class is good at taking notes and following the lecture, even though the professor talks fast. Ask one or two people in the class if you can photocopy their notes.  Leave large empty spaces in your notes. Fill in information you may have missed during the lecture.  Use abbreviations and symbols while taking notes.  See the instructor after class. Share your notes with the professor and ask if you have written the correct information.  Use a tape recorder. Using a tape recorder – but TAKE NOTES TOO! Tape recorders can be unreliable. Remember to get permission from the instructor before tape recording the lecture.  Attend another section of the professor’s lecture. Many professors have more than one section. Get permission to attend a different section of the class so you can to hear the lecture again. Use this second time to fill in any missing notes from your normally scheduled lecture class. Answer