Note taking strategies
Taking notes is a skill that is essential to master in high school and most definitely in college. Here are some tips to help you become a better note taker.
Be organized. Always have your notebook and something to write with every day. Check your backpack at night to make sure you have what you need for the next day. If you're out of materials, that's the time to stock up.
Label your notes with the date and the objective for the day. That way you'll know what these notes are covering.
When taking notes, organize them into different sections:
a certain space for identifying the main ideas
a margin space for writing key words or additional thoughts
a summary section, either at the end or along the side
DIFFERENT NOTE TAKING METHODS
CORNELL METHOD
|
Section for Keywords or Main ideas
WW I
|
Details of the topic covered
Causes of the war were MAIN - Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
All these factors linked together lead to the outbreak of the war in Europe. |
|
MAIN
|
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
|
OUTLINING
Main Idea
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
Note
taking strategies
Taking
notes is a skill that is essential to master in high school and most definitely
in college. Here are some tips to
help you become a better note taker.
Be
organized. Always have your
notebook and something to write with every day.
Check your backpack at night to make sure you have what you need for
the next day. If you’re out
of materials, that’s the time to stock up.
Label
your notes with the date and the objective for the day.
That way you’ll know what these notes are covering.
When
taking notes, organize them into different sections:
a
certain space for identifying the main ideas
a
margin space for writing key words or additional thoughts
a
summary section, either at the end or along the side
DIFFERENT
NOTE TAKING METHODS
CORNELL
METHOD
|
Section
for Keywords
or Main
ideas WW
I |
Details
of the topic covered
Causes
of the war were MAIN – Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and
Nationalism. All
these factors linked together lead to the outbreak of the war in Europe. |
|
MAIN |
Militarism Alliances Imperialism |
OUTLINING
Main
Idea
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
Main
Idea
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
* Supporting evidence
CHARTS
Columns
& Categories
|
Concept
or ideas |
Supporting
details |
|
Concept
or ideas |
Supporting
details |
Concept
Mapping
Concept
Mapping is good if you are a visual learner – someone who needs to see the
actual connections of the concepts and ideas.
Using
a large center circle or square to identify the main idea and then draw lines to
smaller circles or squares linking the supporting facts to the main idea.