1. Effective Note taking / Test Prep

2. Note taking / Test Prep
Most of the information that appears on test and quizzes comes from the teacher’s lecture. Notetaking is essential to pass all exams, test and quizzes.

3. Effective Notetaking Classroom Lecture:
Note taking / Test Prep
Effective Notetaking Classroom Lecture:
Write down the main ideas
Write down the details

4. Note taking / Test Prep Cornell note taking method Outline Mapping
3 Note taking methods
Cornell note taking method
Outline
Mapping

5. Note taking / Test Prep Cornell
Record Column --6 Inches-- Record the lectures as fully as possible. Reduce Column Reduce the main points of this page of your lecture notes.
Recall Column --2 Inches-- Reduce ideas after class into a few words.
--2 1/2 Inches--

6. Note taking / Test Prep Outline
Nov 15, 2006 World History
The Russian Revolution
I. Collapse of the Imperial Regime
A. WWI a cause of collapse of tsarism
1. War aggravated inherent political weaknesses
2. Government unable to get cooperation of the country in war effort
3. Could not remain in war w/out political changes

7. Note taking / Test Prep Mapping

8. Note taking Mapping Examples

9. What Your Study Sheet should Include
Note taking / Test Prep
Effective Notetaking Classroom Lecture
What Your Study Sheet should Include
Organize all notes, old quizzes, and hand-outs
Go through each and “Predict” which items will appear on the test. Write these in the left column
In the right column write what you need to know about the item on the left.
Fold on the pink line. Use it to study. Hint (have someone quiz you )

10. Note taking / Test Prep Effective Notetaking Classroom Lecture
Here is a sample
Vacuoles Organelles that store water and food for cell
Chloroplast Organelles that plants use to make food
Cell theory all organisms are made of one or more cells
2. a cell is the small unit of life
3. all cells come from other cells.

11. Note taking / Test Prep Effective Notetaking for a Classroom Lecture
Review notes and homework from lecture daily/weekly
Use flashcard to review vocabulary words
Make a study sheet for test review

12. Note taking / Test Prep Effective Test Tips… Before you Begin
Look at the test before beginning.
Read all the directions carefully.
Answer the questions you know first.
Note key words in direction and question

13. Note taking / Test Prep Test Anxiety Think positively
Use a relaxation technique
Think beyond the test. What you are going to do after the test
Look over the test before you begin (look familiar)
Resist the temptation to look at the
person’s test next to you.

14. Notetaking/Test prep Essay test
Use the topic sentence in the essay
Write the essay so it could be understood by any reader
THINK before you write
Do begin sentences with pronouns (He,She, It) or because.
Use proper grammar
Do not use slang
In the conclusion restate your position or topic sentence.

15. Notetaking/Test Prep True/False
Educated Guessing-
When limiting words such as all, never, always, must – false is the better guess
When qualifying words are used such as usually, generally, sometimes- true is a better guess
Longer choices are generally false
First impressions are usually correct
Beware double negative. Cross out both double negatives then read the statement.
Test Tips • Usually there are more true answers than false on most tests • If any part of the question is false, then the entire statement is false, but just because part of a statement is true doesn't necessarily make the entire statement true.

16. Notetaking/Test Prep Multiple Choice
Test tips
Don't read into questions beyond what is there.
Pass over the difficult or debatable questions on your first reading and then come back after completing those of which you were sure.
Use information from other questions.
Educated Guessing Matching
Count the number of items in both columns
Do the ones you know first
Do the rest of the test before completing the matching section
First impressions are usually correct
Beware double negative. Cross out both double negatives then read the statement.

17. Note taking / Test Prep Multiple Choice
Educated Guessing
When two of four are opposites, pick one of those two.
B and C answers are best on four multiple choice questions
Avoid pairs. If 11 is B avoid selecting B for 10 or 12
You will never find three A,B,C etc. in a row on a standardized test
“All the above” is generally a good guess
“None of the above” is generally a bad guess
Longest multiple choice answers are good guesses.
If two choices are almost identical pick the longest
Test taking tips
Come up with the answer in your head before looking at the possible answers, this way the choices given on the test won't throw you off or trick you.
Eliminate answer that you know are incorrect
“Trust your gut” Go with your first answer

18. Cramming (the smart way)
Note taking / Test Prep
The Last Resort
Cramming (the smart way)
This is not the most effective way to study
Be selective – Don’t try to memorize everything. Review the important information from your notes. Make a quick study sheet focusing on what your most familiar with.
Recite- Read your study sheet out loud
Learn from your mistake- Do not make this your preferred method of preparing for a test.

19. Note taking / Test Prep Cheating
Don’t
It’s not worth getting caught and getting zero.
Cheating is unfair to you and the student you are cheating off .