TAKING NOTES Student Learning Advisory Service Gina May 1.

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TAKING NOTES Student Learning Advisory Service Gina May 1

Aims of this workshop Note taking Note making Organising/ storing notes 2

Why take notes? Volume Complexity Categorise To fix information in your mind To stay focussed To use later 3

Other reasons? Learning process Helps to memorise Use multiple senses/ multiple activities 4

Taking Notes Consider the purpose Depends on the source Audio-visual Text based Lectures Challenge what you hear/read 5

Note taking while reading Highlight Notes in margin Colour-code information Linear Notes List format Create diagrams 6

Herringbone Notes 7

Network Notes 8

Mind Maps 9

Keeping track Highlight key words Highlight your comments and ideas File according to topic Notes for revision 10

Revision or essay in exam notes T heories E vidence/ examples A uthorities/ representatives C onnections U nderstanding P osition/ argument S ign posting/ structure 11

A few Don’ts Don’t distort the meaning Don’t copy out sentences without marking them out as quotes Don’t copy out whole chunks Don’t throw away your notes after completing the assignment Don’t record lectures – unless you are sure that you will have the time to listen to them 12

Good notes will Save time Have a purpose Make sense months later Be well organised Be well referenced Distinguish between source material and your own ideas/comments Have space for diagrams and add-ins Be filed properly 13