The Academic Resources Center Presents

1. 6 The Academic Resources Center Presents Seminars Learning Enhancement 4:00pm - 5:00pm McInteer 150 Aud. Reading Note-taking Learning Styles Test-taking Time Management Memory Skills Your keys Aug. 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21 to success at HU . . . and beyond! Academic Resurces Center TEC 334 501-279-4549

2. Note-taking The Cornell System of Note-taking! For Academic Success

3. Setting The Stage For Learning Four Things To Remember! • Listening • Taking Notes • Questioning • Review Taking Notes

4. Setting The Stage For Learning Listening: • Be an active listener • Read text before class • Give speaker your attention • Be actively engaged with material: 1. make connections 2. get the big picture

5. Setting The Stage For Learning Taking Notes: • Capture main ideas • Don’t recopy notes • Don’t use tape recorder • Review notes immediately after lecture • Don’t rely on memorization

6. Setting The Stage For Learning Questioning: • Ask questions of speaker • Clarify information • Ask questions of yourself • Have an inquiring mind • There are no “dumb questions” • Only unasked ones

7. Setting The Stage For Learning Review Taking Notes: • If your system works • Don’t Change • If your system doesn’t work • Try Cornell System

8. The Cornell System For Taking Notes The most widely used system in the U.S. gives you a ready-made tool for review!

9. The Cornell System For Taking Notes Three Important Steps! • Step 1 • Preparing the System • Step 2 • During the Lecture • Step 3 • After the Lecture

10. The Cornell System For Taking Notes Step 1 - Preparing the System: • Use large loose-leaf notebook to store notes and handouts • Take notes on one side of paper only • Make recall column: • Draw a vertical line two and one half inches from left edge of paper • Key words written to left of line

11. The Cornell System For Taking Notes • Record classroom notes in space to right of line • Review notes on yesterday’s lecture

12. The Cornell System For Taking Notes Step 2 - During the Lecture: • Record notes in simple paragraph form • Roman numeral system not necessary • Capture general ideas: Get names, dates from text • Skip lines to show end of one idea/start of another

13. The Cornell System For Taking Notes • Using abbreviations will give extra time to listen and write • Write legibly • Do not recopy notes • Copying notes is not review • Copying notes is a waste of time

14. The Cornell System For Taking Notes Step 3 - After the Lecture: • Consolidate notes after class • Read through notes; make more legible • Fill in spaces • Underline main ideas

15. The Cornell System For Taking Notes • Summarize main ideas • Jot key words and phrases for ideas on the right • Gives time for reflection • Organizes thoughts in mind and on paper

16. The Cornell System For Taking Notes • Use jottings as cues or “flags” to aid recall • Cover right side of paper • Recite facts aloud in your own words • Uncover notes & verify what you said (Reciting is the most powerful recall technique)

17. Recording Column Course, teacher (date) Key terms/recall

18. Tips On What To Include In Your Notes Seven Tips to Note-Taking Success

19. Tips On What To Include In Your Notes Seven Tips: • Include details, facts, or explanations that expand or explain the main points that are mentioned. • Include definitions, word for word, especially if your professor repeats them several times. • Include enumerations or lists of things that are discussed.

20. Tips On What To Include In Your Notes Seven Tips (contd.): • Include examples. You don’t need to note all of the details for each example, but you do need to know which general topic each example relates • Include anything that is written on the chalkboard or on a transparency (on an overhead projector)

21. Tips On What To Include In Your Notes Seven Tips (contd.): • Include anything that is repeated or spelled out • Include drawings, charts, or problems that are written on the board

22. Effective Note-taking Success is Within Your Grasp!