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Notetaking

Notetaking. Chunking. Definition. Chunking is any meaningful group of items of information that we can remember as if it were a single item. A word is a chunk of letters. Experts organize information into much larger chunks. Beginners work with isolated bits.

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Notetaking

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  1. Notetaking Chunking

  2. Definition • Chunking is any meaningful group of items of information that we can remember as if it were a single item. • A word is a chunk of letters. • Experts organize information into much larger chunks. • Beginners work with isolated bits. • Example: learning to read, playing chess.

  3. Magic 7 Theory • Short term memory for recall (at least numbers) appears to develop with age. • People 15 years of age or older can remember 7 chunks at a time. • Example: 7493651 (7 separate items) • 749-36-51 (3 chunks) • Application to studying?

  4. Chunks need meaning • Compare: • Five chunks: • LS DTVF BIJ FKU SA

  5. Compare to: • LSD TV FBI JFK USA

  6. Note taking is Chunking • Taking notes organizes and chunks information.

  7. Notes on Notes • Note making does NOT interfere with remembering. It transfers information from short (working) memory to long term memory. • If you recite/review your notes, you are 1 ½ times more likely to remember than if you don’t recite/review. • No notes? Ninety-two percent of lecture is forgotten in a month.

  8. Practice Chunking—Chapter 5 • Frontier • Free Silver • Great Plains • Sodbusters • William Jennings Bryan • Vaqueros • Homesteaders • Grange • Cooperatives • Long drive • Populist party

  9. Abbreviation Guidelines • Use the first syllable and the first letter of the second syllable in words with common prefixes. • Subject=subj. • Individual=ind. • Use only the first syllable of the word. • Lib. is open late on Thurs. • Leave out periods • F.B.I.= FBI

  10. Abbreviation Guidelines • Eliminate vowels in a word. • Vwls=vowels • Eliminate the final letters of the word • Association=assoc. • Biology=biol. • Information=info • Chemical=chem

  11. Abbreviation Guidelines • Proper nouns=Write out completely the first time, putting abbreviation after the name. • Mrs. Brandstetter (B) • Use abbreviation in the rest of notes • Mrs. B teaches 1-6 hrs. • Plural? Add “S” to abbreviation • Chapters=chapt’s • Use an apostrophe for omitted letters • Government=gov’t • Amount=am’t • Helping=help’g

  12. Common Abbreviations • And & • With w/ • Without w/o • Before b4 • Example ex • Definition def. • One, two, 1,2 • Be B • You U • Because b/c

  13. Therefore . . • Percent % • Pages pgs • Less than < • Greater than > • Is, equal = • Are R • To 2 • At @

  14. Translate • Fnsh wkst by Fri. • Stud’s w/ good grades R > likely 2 get into coll. • The Great Plains (GP) were deserted b/c weather =bad. • Joe is go’g 2 store 4 mom. • White ppl hurt Mex who were liv’g in SW. • Exodusters left S 4 W. • Dawes Act=wanted 2 assimilate NA’s.

  15. Practice • 1. Threestudentsaregoingto work at McDonalds. • 2. Therefore, the answer is five. • 3. Read pages 76-89 beforeFriday. • 4. Seventy-six percent of students do well in school. • 5. Do you eat beans with bacon? • 6. Protons, neutrons, and electrons can be confusing.

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