Transcript text note taking.ppt

Study Skills
Taking Text Notes
When to take
Text
Notes
How to take
Text
Notes
Why to take
Text Notes
TAKING
TEXT
NOTES
How to
Review
Text Notes
How to
Evaluate
Text Notes
Where Are You Now?
Answer the questions – Yes or No
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Do you take notes on textbook material after you
have highlighted the chapter or section?
Do you take text notes when you read the chapter
for the first time?
Do you read the whole paragraph before you begin
to take notes?
Do you evaluate your notes after an exam?
Do you usually copy information from the txt in the
same wording as the author used in the book?
Where Are You Now?
Answer the questions – Yes or No
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Do you recite your text notes when you review for an
exam?
Do you create maps when you take notes on the
textbook material?
Are your text notes a good summary of the text
material?
Do you tend to write down only key words when you
take notes?
Do you use formal outlining to take notes on your
text?
Calculate Your Score
Where are you now
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Give yourself 1 point for each yes to
questions 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8.
Give yourself 1 point for each no to questions
2, 5, 9, and 10
Total your points
A low score indicates that you need some
help in taking notes on text material
A high score indicated that you are already
using many good note-taking strategies
Why to Take Notes
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Promotes Active Reading
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Actively involved – you must write something down
Decision-making – you decide what is important
Your own words = format that is easy to study & remember
Strengthens your memory of the material
Increases your Comprehension
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Reinforces the important information
Writing in your words = analyzing the material & relates it to
what you already know about the subject.
Reading, Thinking & Writing - repetition needed for
remembering
Why to Take Notes
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Serves as a Comprehensive Monitoring System
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Condenses the Information
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Provides feedback on concentration & understanding
If you can’t write notes – signal you didn’t understand what you read
Time saver for studying for an exam
Able to organize in a way that makes sense for you
Organizes the Information
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Forces you to structure the material to show relationships
Mapping allows for visual display to show how the material is
connected
When to Take Text Notes
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When you first read the chapter
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After the Lecture
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If teacher’s lecture follows the text gook closely, you can fill in
information you may have missed during the lecture
Able to add important information that was not covered in lecture
At the end of the week
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Can be too time consuming
May write down more information than you need
Good way of reviewing information
Use lecture notes with text notes so do not duplicate information
When you prepare for the exam
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Active review session
Able to condense information to study with
How to Take Text Notes written notes
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Outlining
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Formal
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Refer to the table of contents to set up main headings
Use capital letters to set up main point
Example
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Informal
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Informal outlining is more efficient for taking notes
Use chapter subdivisions for main points
Don’t have to use every hading as a main point – some combined; others omitted
No need to use letters or numbers, just indents
How to Take Text Notes written notes
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Block Notes
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Allows to group important details for each heading compactly
Write heading next to margin; indent slightly
Separate details by slash or dash
IF you are a visual learner, this may not be the best method for you –
hard to picture information since it is grouped together
Modified Block Notes
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More effective by listing important details under each other
Sometimes too many details to list under just one heading
Use phrases instead of whole sentences; use your own words
How to Take Text Notes written notes
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Summarizing
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Condensed version of information written in sentence or paragraph
form
Break down chapter in shorter segments
Read entire section; think about what author is saying; decide what
you think is important
Not useful for certain types of information – especially technical or
factual
Note cards
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Easy to organize information
Easy to carry around
On the back of the actual notes, write recall words or questions.
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Forces you to focus on important information & create set of self-test
questions
How to Take Text Notes
Mapping - visual display of text information
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Line or Wheel Maps
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Provides space to write meaningful phrases
Visual display of information
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Add lines or spokes that radiate out from a central hub
Topic in the Center
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Create subheadings as you map the information
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Subordinate points on lines that radiate up, down or out from it
Add supporting details by inserting lines that extend out from previous lines
Subheadings organize the information, separate details into easier-to-remember
chunks
Information can serve as cues to help learn and retrieve the information
Seem easy to create, also easy to make mistakes
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Don’t turn paper around to create; want to be written horizontally for ease of
studying and reading
Tendency to simply list all information on lines that extend directly from heading
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If is a few details; fine, but if too detailed need to break down differently.
How to Take Text Notes
Mapping - visual display of text information
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Hierarchical Maps
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Top-Down display of information
Form of flowcharts or process charts
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Write main heading/topic at top in a box
Draw lines to indicate the subdivisions; create box for each
Further divide into one or more supporting points
Individual method of taking notes
Natural progression from main topic to supporting details
Example of Hierarchical Map
(Main Topic)
Chemically
Dependent Youth
(Points)
Youth & Adults
(Subdivisions)
(Subdivisions)
(Subdivisions)
(Subdivisions)
Incidence
Drug Categories
Increase in Use
Teacher’s Role
(Points)
Drinking & Drugs
(Points)
1/3 of High School
Students
(Points)
(Points)
(Points)
(Points)
How to Take Text Notes
Mapping - visual display of text information
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Semantic Webs
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Instead of top-down display; semantic webs radiate from
central focal point
Four main components
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Core Question or Concept
Web Strands
Stand Supports
Strand Ties
Color coding may help recall the information
Uses clusters of information
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Use different colors for different clusters of information
Example of Semantic Map
Category
Category
Category
Main
Topic
Category
Category
Category
How to Take Text Notes
Charting
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Graphic Display of information
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Show similarities and differences of related information
Cannot chart entire textbook
Break down chapters by section
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Topics, How related
Create Chart with Categories & Headings
Matrix
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Chart with rows and columns
Categories are equivalent to subheadings
Example of Charting
Categories
Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogens
Narcotics
Examples
Short-Term
Effects
Long-Term
Effects
How to Review Text Notes
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Recite your notes
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Replicate your notes
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Review main & supporting points; Recall & recite
headings; Recite details under headings
If use note cards – carry with your; use all spare time
Reconstruct your notes
Work on one column at a time
Create a recall column
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Use margin to write recall words or questions
Test your memory using recall cues
How to Evaluate Text Notes
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Compare your notes with those of a classmate
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Check with your teacher or a tutor
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May notice information you omitted or unnecessary information
Get ideas how to organize text information
Feedback
See how well you are identifying, condensing & organizing the
information
How to be a better note taker
Use the T Method
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Go through your information and put a “T” in the margin every time
you find a test question
REVIEW – terms you should know
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Block method
Chart
Comprehensive
monitoring system
Core concept
Formal outlining
Hierarchical map
Informal outline
Line map
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Maps
Matrix
Modified-block method
Semantic web
Strand supports
Summary
T Method
Web strands
Wheel map
REVIEW – Sentence completion
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You may not want to take text notes as you read the chapter
for the first time because everything seems ______.
You can edit your _______ notes as you take text notes.
Some students like to take text notes on ______ _____
because they can carry them around to review when they
have a few extra minutes.
_____ _____ show the supporting details in a Semantic
Web.
_____ cannot be used to take notes on entire chapters.
REVIEW – Multiple Choice
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When you are writing a
summary, be sure you
use:
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A. Meaningful phrases
B. Main ideas
C. Paragraph form
D. Recall questions in
the margin
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Which of the following
is a top-down method
of taking text notes?
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A. Summaries
B. Hierarchical maps
C. Semantic webs
D. Charts
REVIEW – short answer essay
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Why is note taking more effective than
highlighting or underlining?
Why do some students have difficulty taking
text notes? What should they do differently?
How should students review their notes?s
Reference:
College Study Skills:
Becoming a Strategic Learner
By: Dianna L. Van Blerkom