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Dr. Bouzar 1LMD/Study Skills 2019/2020: How To Take Lecture Notes?

Dr. BOUZAR discusses strategies for effective note-taking in college lectures. Taking good notes is important for success as most instruction is through lectures. Students must listen actively, select key information, and write it down rather than just copying what is said. Effective note-taking systems like outlines or blocks help focus on content and organization. Students should also read material before class, edit notes within 24 hours through active review rather than just recopying, and study notes through recitation or explanation to reinforce learning.

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Dr. Bouzar 1LMD/Study Skills 2019/2020: How To Take Lecture Notes?

Dr. BOUZAR discusses strategies for effective note-taking in college lectures. Taking good notes is important for success as most instruction is through lectures. Students must listen actively, select key information, and write it down rather than just copying what is said. Effective note-taking systems like outlines or blocks help focus on content and organization. Students should also read material before class, edit notes within 24 hours through active review rather than just recopying, and study notes through recitation or explanation to reinforce learning.

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BOUZAR 1LMD/Study Skills 2019/2020

NOTE TAKING

Why to take notes ?

Other than attending class every day, taking good lecture notes is probably the single
most important activity for college students. Taking notes during college lectures is a diffi cult
task for most entering college students because little or no real practice in note taking
occurred when they were in high school. There, note taking involved copying the information
off the chalkboard as the teacher talked and wrote. In college, however, most professors don’t
do the job of note taking for you. Instead, you must listen, select the appropriate information,
paraphrase it, condense it, and then write it down with few (if any) clues from the professor.
Developing good note-taking skills takes both time and practice. Taking lecture notes:
- promotes active listening, provides an accurate record of information,
- provides an opportunity to interpret, condense, and organize the information,
- and provides an opportunity for repetition of the material.
- Learning and practicing effective strategies for how to take lecture notes will help you
become a more successful student.

How to take lecture notes?

Taking good lecture notes is critical to your success because the primary mode of
instruction for most professors is the formal lecture. Without an accurate record of
information from the lecture, you won’t have good information to review before the exam.
However, just taking notes doesn’t mean that you took good notes. The two most important
criteria in evaluating the quality of your notes are the content and the organization. You can
improve your note-taking skills by:
- reading the text chapter prior to the lecture. Not only will you pick up
background information about the topic, but you’ll also get a sense of how the information
is organized.
- To take good notes, you have to be actively involved in the lecture; you need to be an
active listener. Unless you focus your attention on the professor and get actively
involved in the lecture, you may miss a great deal of information.
- Many students get caught up in fancy note-taking systems. Using a simple system
such as the informal outline, block, or modified-block will help you focus on the
lecture material. These systems involve writing down the main point (the heading) and
then jotting down any information the professor provides about that heading (the
details).
- After the lecture, edit your notes within twenty-four hours. Recopying your notes to
clean them up or make them look nicer is often a waste of time. Unless you’re actively
involved in evaluating and restructuring your notes, you won’t benefi t from the
editing process. Checking the accuracy of your notes, filling in gaps, creating recall
questions, and improving the organization of your notes are all active editing
Dr. BOUZAR 1LMD/Study Skills 2019/2020

processes. Then review your notes daily, weekly, and before the exam in order to learn
the information.
- Passive studying, like reading over your notes, doesn’t help much. Instead, study your
notes by reciting out loud from the recall questions or from the headings. Talk about
the material, explain key points to a friend, or try to reconstruct the lecture from your
headings or recall questions.

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