Listening, Note-Taking, and Participating

1. Listening, Note-Taking, and Participating COL 105 Kelly Tribble

2. Listening & Note-Taking & Participating • In order to earn good grades: • listening • note-taking • You will take more meaningful notes by: • Asking questions • Contributing to discussions • Answering questions in class

3. Listening & Forgetting • Most FORGETTING takes place within___ hours after you see or hear something. • Two weeks after a class, you will have forgotten up to ____ % of the material. • How can we keep this from happening? 24 70

4. Using Your Senses • Aural • Visual • Interactive • Tactile • Kinesthetic • Olfactory

5. Before Class: Prepare to Remember • Assigned reading, syllabus/schedule, extra materials provided by instructor. • Warm up for Class! • Keep an open mind.

6. Before Class • Get Organized. • Prepare to Track your Progress.

7. During Class: Listen Critically • Listen for main concepts – not just facts and figures. • REALLY HEAR what is said • Mentally REPEAT what is said. • How important? • Ask questions • Sort, organize, categorize

8. During Class: Taking Effective Notes • Psych 101 • Personality Traits • Theories • Extroversion • Outgoing, social • Neuroticism • Anxious, hostile • Openness • Curiosity, flexibility • Agreeableness • Sympathetic, trusting • Cornell Format • Outline Format • Paragraph Format • List Format • Psych 101 • List Format • I make notes according to how I (or the instructor) categorizes the elements of the lecture. • Freud, father of psychoanalysis • He had a problem with trains and cigars. • Superego- moral component, social standards, right and wrong. Psych 101 A personality trait is a durable disposition of behave in a particular way. Here is an example of a personality disorder than has gone awry. Here is an example of a bigger than personality disorder than has gone awry. Here is an wonderful example of a personality disorder than has gone awry. Psychology does not have to be difficult.

9. During Class: Taking Effective Notes • Recall Column… Psych 101 List Format I make notes according to how I (or the instructor) categorizes the elements of the lecture. Freud, father of psychoanalysis He had a problem with trains and cigars. Superego- moral component, social standards, right and wrong. RECALL 3 levels of awareness: name and describe Freud: father of Psych Within 2-4 hours

10. During Class • Note-taking tips: • Identify the main ideas • Don’t try to write EVERYTHING down • Don’t be thrown by a disorganized lecture • When using Cornell format, return to your recall column as fast as possible • Review/Test one another

11. After Class • Respond • Write down main ideas in recall column • Recite • Use recall column to RECITE your ideas • Cover notes • Out loud • Review • Previous day’s notes just before the NEXT class session

12. After Class • Compare notes with others • Recopy your notes • Repetition with the material will help it stick!

13. Participating In Class • Sit up front • Keep eyes trained on Instructor • Focus on Lecture • Raise your hand when you don’t understand • Speak Up!

14. Participating in Class • There is no such thing as a “Stupid” question • It is your right to ask for an explanation. • Don’t bluff your answers in class • “I’m not sure I have it… but…” • Bring in relevant materials from outside of class