Note taking exercises: Comparing notes to someone elses: http://www.uefap.com/reading/exercise/menu_nt.

htm Show students a short excerpt and the notes from it. What else would they add? How would their notes differ? Is this way more efficient than their way? Lecture exercise: Have students take notes on a lecture from a moviemaybe a psychology program, a YouTube lecture, or popular movie with a lecture type situation Fake lecture: http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/studentlife/disability/learningsupport/transition/noteexercise.shtml Written exercise: Highlight or underline the most important information in the sections. http://ljhs.sandi.net/faculty/sgrant/Notetaking_Exercises.pdf Best method depends on the focus of the presentationif it is on articles, lectures, or both.