1. NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES By Lora Williams

2. Why is it important to take notes? Helps keep you focused. Improves retention of material. Helps pinpoint what will be on exams. Serves as a study guide for exams and papers.

3. 5 most important rules: 1.Attend class regularly and arrive on time. 2.Keep up with reading assignments. 3.Have materials organized ahead of time. 4.Come mentally prepared. 5.Keep notes organized.

4. Materials needed to take good notes: Notebook Pencils / pens Eraser / White out Highlighters Flash cards Stapler If possible, recording device

5. Tips for effectively pulling out information Don’t write down everything you hear. Use key words, short sentences and abbreviations. Stay consistent. If you miss a point leave a blank space for it and look it up or ask later. Always write down unfamiliar vocabulary or concepts. Listen and look for patterns in lecturer/textbook. Ask yourself questions (ex. “What is Einstein’s Theory of Relativity?”) then look for the answers.

6. Organization is EXTREMELEY important!

7. MYTH BUSTED: There is only one way to take notes.

8. Different styles of note taking: Outline Highlight Cluster T-notes Visual Taken from: http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html

9. OUTLINING Image taken from: http://www.taft.cc.ca.us/newtc/Academic/INCO48/images/outline2.gif

10. HIGHLIGHTING Image taken from: www.lib.uchicago.edu

11. CLUSTER Image taken from: http://www.fife-education.org.uk/Inspiration/Images/Inspirationviews/inspacrosscurr.gif

12. T-NOTES

13. VISUAL Image taken from: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tom7/csnotes/spring03/notes-for-exam.gif

14. What’s worked for me: Math: Writing out problems step-by-step, summarizing instructions. History: Highlighting in my text and t-notes. Sociology: Outlining and clustering. English/Speech: T-notes and outlining. Biology: Outlining and visual notes.

15. Let’s try it!

16. Useful Websites: http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/AC CDitg/SSnote.htmhttp://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/AC CDitg/SSnote.htm http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/n otemaking.htmlhttp://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/n otemaking.html http://extend.unb.ca/wss/notetext.htm

17. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!