RAW L2

• The Cornell Method

  Rule your paper with a 2 ½ inch margin on the left leaving a six-inch area on the right in which to make notes. Take down information on the six-inch area during class. After class, complete phrases and sentences as much as possible. Write a cue in the left margin for every significant bit of information. To review, cover your notes with a card, leaving the cues exposed. Say the cue out loud, then say as much as you can of the material underneath the card. If you can say it, you know it.
• Note-taking is the practice of writing down or otherwise recording key points of information. It is an important part of the research process. Notes taken on class lectures or discussions may serve as study aids. Notes taken during an interview may provide material for an essay, article, or book.
• The Outlining Method

  Requires more thought in class for accurate organization. This system may not show relationships by sequence when needed. It doesn't lend to diversity of a review attach for maximum learning
• The Outlining Method


  Listen and then write in points in an organized pattern based on space indention. Place major points farthest to the left. Indent each more specific point to the right. Levels of importance will be indicated by distance away from the major point. Indention can be as simple as or as complex as labeling the indentations with Roman numerals or decimals. Markings are not necessary as space relationships will indicate the major/minor points.
• The Cornell Method


  • Provides a systematic format for condensing and organizing notes without laborious recopying. Use the left-hand space to label each idea and detail with a key word or "cue."
• The Outlining Method

  • Well-organized system if done right. Outlining records content as well as relationships. It also reduces editing and is easy to review by turning main points into questions.
• The Outlining Method


  • Dash or indented outlining is usually best except for some science classes such as physics or math. The most general information begins at the left with each more specific group of facts indented with spaces to the right. Relationships between the different parts are carried out through indenting. No number, letter, or Roman numeral needed.
• The Mapping Method is a method that uses comprehension/concentration skills and evolves in a note taking form which relates each fact or idea to every other fact or idea
• When to Use the Mapping Method

  • When the lecture content is heavy and well-organized
  • When there is a guest lecturer and you have no idea how the lecture will be presented
• Disadvantages of the Outline Method

  • Requires more thought in class for accurate organization
  • May not show relationships by sequence when needed
  • Doesn't lend to diversity of a review attach for maximum learning and question application
  • Cannot be used if the lecture is too fast
• When to Use the Charting Method

  • When the test will focus on both facts and relationships
  • When content is heavy and presented fast
• Advantages of the Mapping Method

  • Helps visually track the lecture regardless of conditions
  • Little thinking is needed and relationships can easily be seen
  • Easy to edit notes by adding numbers, marks, and color coding
  • Review forces restructuring of thought processes to check understanding
  • Main points can be written on flash or note cards and pieced together into a table or larger structure at a later date
• Charting Method

  • Helps track conversation and dialogues where confusion may occur
  • Reduces amount of writing necessary
  • Provides easy review mechanism for memorization of facts and study of comparisons and relationships
• Note Taking Systems

  Methods for taking notes effectively
• Mapping Method

  • Graphic representation of the content of a lecture
  • Maximizes active participation
  • Affords immediate knowledge as to its understanding
  • Emphasizes critical thinking
• When to Use the Outline Method

  • If the lecture is presented in outline organization
  • When there is enough time in the lecture to think about and make organization decisions when they are needed
  • When note taking skills are super sharp and can handle the outlining regardless of the note taking situation
• Disadvantages of the Mapping Method

  • May not hear changes in content from major points to facts
• Disadvantages of the Charting Method

  • Few disadvantages except learning how to use the system and locating the appropriate categories
  • Must be able to understand what's happening in the lecture
• The Charting Method

  Drawing columns and labeling appropriate headings in a table to set up notes
• Disadvantages of The Sentence Method

  • Can't determine major/minor points from the numbered sequence
  • Difficult to edit without having to rewrite by clustering points which are related
  • Difficult to review unless editing cleans up relationship
• The Sentence Method


  • Slightly more organized than the paragraph
  • Gets more or all of the information
  • Thinking to tract content is still limited
• Property of STI
• Retrieved on June 14, 2016 from http://www.potsdam.edu/support/ssc/aaso/support/skills/upload/TypesofNoteTaking.pdf
• Advantages of The Sentence Method

  • More organized than the paragraph
  • Gets more or all of the information
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• The Sentence Method

  Write every new thought, fact or topic on a separate line, numbering as you progress
• When to Use The Sentence Method

  • Use when the lecture is somewhat organized, but heavy with content which comes fast
  • You can hear the different points, but you don't know how they fit together
  • The instructor tends to present in point fashion, but not in grouping such as "three related points"
• Retrieved on June 22, 2016 from http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/Note-taking.htm
• Retrieved on June 14, 2016 from http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingsystems.html
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