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Taking Notes

Taking Notes. Mr. Wilson - LMAC. What is so important about taking notes?. There is something that happens when you WRITE STUFF DOWN. The key is getting stuff from your SHORT TERM MEMORY [STM] into your LONG TERM MEMORY [LTM].

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Taking Notes

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  1. Taking Notes Mr. Wilson - LMAC

  2. What is so important about taking notes? • There is something that happens when you WRITE STUFF DOWN. • The key is getting stuff from your SHORT TERM MEMORY [STM] into your LONG TERM MEMORY [LTM]. • It is also a process for review – to go over what has already been covered.

  3. What is so important about taking notes? • Taking notes also provides you with a space to record that which is discussed in class – something very, very hard to recall afterwards. • And finally, taking notes lets you reduce that which is discussed or presented…this may be the most difficult part, and will come with time and practice.

  4. The Cornell Note Taking System • The Recall Column: • On the left side, make your margin almost 1 inch wider. This will become your “Recall Column” • Here you record titles, summaries and clues. • The Record Column: • The right side (the other 6 inches) is for recording the rest of the lecture • This is done in your own words AS MUSH AS POSSIBLE!

  5. The Five “R’s” of Note Taking • Record: • In the right hand column record as much as you can in your own words. • Make sure it is legible and you can make sense of it later. • You do not have to write everything down…try to summarize in your own words as much as possible.

  6. The Five “R’s” of Note Taking • Reduce: • As soon after as possible, summarize these ideas and facts concisely in the Recall Column. • Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships, reinforces continuity, and strengthens memory. • Also, it is a way of preparing for examinations gradually and well ahead of time.

  7. The Five “R’s” of Note Taking • Recite: • At home, using only your jottings in the Recall Column as cues or "flags" to help you recall, say over facts and ideas of the lecture as fully as you can, not mechanically or memorization, but in your own words, by remembering as much of the meaning as you can. • Then, uncovering your notes, verify what you have said. This procedure helps to transfer the facts and ideas to your LTM

  8. DO THIS IMMEDIATELY. As in the same day. And yes, I am serious.

  9. The Five “R’s” of Note Taking • Reflect: • Reflective students continually label and index their experiences and ideas, put them into structures, outlines, summaries, and frames of reference. They rearrange and file them. • Best of all, they have an eye for the vital-for the essential. Unless ideas are placed in categories, unless they are taken up from time to time for re-examination, they will become inert and soon forgotten.

  10. Did You Get That? This means your notes are meant to be used over and over again. That is why organization is vital – just writing it down once is not good enough – re-organize!

  11. The Five “R’s” of Note Taking • Review: • If you will spend 10 minutes every week or so in a quick review of these notes, you will retain most of what you have learned, and you will be able to use your knowledge currently to greater and greater effectiveness. • Again, it is all about getting the info from your STM to your LTM.

  12. Do Not Wait! The sooner you go over your notes, the better the chance they will get into your LTM. Waiting until the night before a test is not the best idea.

  13. Now…Try it out! (It works. Trust me, I have a beard.)

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