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Peak Performance: Success In College And Beyond. Chapter 5 Listen and Take Effective Notes. Learning Outcomes. List effective listening strategies Describe the various note-taking systems Explain effective note-taking strategies Refine and use your notes. Success Principle 5.
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Peak Performance:Success In College And Beyond Chapter 5 Listen and Take Effective Notes
Learning Outcomes • List effective listening strategies • Describe the various note-taking systems • Explain effective note-taking strategies • Refine and use your notes
Success Principle 5 Focus on the MESSAGE, not the presentation.
Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Prepare to listen • Be willing to listen • Be open to new ideas • Position yourself to listen • Reduce distractions • Show you are listening
Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Stay attentive • Be quiet • Stay focused
Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Show empathy, respect, and genuine interest • Observe the speaker • Predict and ask questions • Integrate learning styles and use all your senses • Postpone judgment
Listening To The Message: Attentive Listening Strategies • Review what you have heard • Paraphrase • Assess • Practice with awareness “Listening to learn isn’t about giving advice – at least not until asked – but about trying to understand exactly what someone means.” Elizabeth Debold Businesswoman
Recording The Message Note taking is more than simply writing down words. It is a way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.
The Cornell System of Note Taking • Logical • Sequential • Step-by-step • Notes • Cues • Summary
Mind Maps • Visual • Holistic • Associations and patterns • Main idea in center • Branches with subtopics
Combination Note-Taking Systems • Highlighting • Organizing • Comparing • Contrasting • Looking for patterns
Note-Taking Strategies • Preview the material • Go to every class and be on time • Sit up front • Use all your senses • Make note taking active and physical
Link information • Reduce to the essential • Organize your notes • Use note cards • Expand on notes from others • Use your laptop
Assess and Review Your Notes • Summarize in your own words • Edit and revise your notes • Create a sample test • Use visual cues • Review your notes • Before class • Before going to sleep • With your study group • Monitor and evaluate
Overcome Obstacles • Find meaning and interest • Observe • Listen • Organize • Think
Peak Performance:Success In College And Beyond Chapter 5 Listen and Take Effective Notes