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English for Biology Students
2013

What is the importance?

Youneedtotakenotesinclass.
Withoutgoodnotetakingskills
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difficultyin:
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Gettingthemostoutofclasslectures.
Clearlyunderstandingcollegetextbooksand
assignedreadings.
Helpsyoubecomeanactivelisteneranda
criticalthinker.
Helpsyourememberinformation.

What is the importance?

What is the importance?

What is the importance?

Note-taking Dictation
Dictation iswritingcompletesentences;
notetaking iswritingcompleteideas.
Example:
Dictation:
Themonthlyboardmeetingwillbeheldinthe
Director'sConferenceRoomonthe9thFloorofthe
DepartmentofRevenueBuildingat9am.
Notetaking:

Board meeting:
Dir. Conf.f R
Room (9th. Fl Dept.
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Rev. B.)) 9 am

What to do
do
Improveyourlisteningskills.
Developyournotetakingskills.
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Trainyourselftotakenotesquicklyand
effectively.
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Beabletouseyournotestostudy.
PracticePracticePractice.
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LikeALLskills,listeningandnotetakingimprove
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Eventually:Developyourownstyle!

Note-taking systems
Therearevariousbasicnotetakingmethods/
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systems.
Oneofthebest:theCornellSystem.
Oneofthebest:theCornellS stem
CanbeusedinANYlecturesituation.
Advantages:
Providesanorganizedandsystematicmeansof
recordingandreviewingnotes.
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Easyformatforpullingoutmajorconceptsandideas.
Simpleandefficient.
Savestimeandeffort.
Savestimeandeffort
ADoitrightinthefirstplacemethod.

Disadvantages:
None.

Cornell
Note-taking
System
(3R System)

Reduce

Record

(6 5 cm)
(6.5cm)

(15 cm)
(15cm)

Recap
(6cm)

CornellNoteTakingMethod(R5System)
Template
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3.REDUCE
(afterclass)
( ) Keywords,phrasesor
(1)
K
d h

questions thatserveas
cues.
((2)Cuephrasesand
) Cue p a e a d
questionsshouldbein
yourownwords.

5.RECITE
RECITE

1.RECORD
(duringclass)
(1) Writedownfacts andinphrases.
(2) Useabbreviations whenpossible.

2.RECALL
(afterclass)
(1)Read throughyournotes.
throughyournotes
(2)Fillinblanksandmake
scribblesmorelegible.

(1)Withclassroomnotes
covered,readeach
keywordorquestion.
(2) Recitethefact or
ideathatcomesto
mindbythekeyword
orquestion.

4.RECAPITULATION
((afterclass)
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Summarize eachmainidea.

3.Reduce
5.Recite:

NOTETAKING METHODS

Why take notes?

-Active Learner
-Effective learner?
-Walter
Walter Pauk?

How do you prepare?

-Syllabus
Syllabus what
whatss there?
-Test questions vs detail?
Why need to know?
-Relationship of text to
class?
-Why
Why have a class buddy?

1.RECORD
5/28/08

WHY??
Studied student
retention rates,
-Instructors share information
wrote books on
-Serve as file of information
studying i.e. How
to Study in
-Help you become active listener
College, 1997
-Helps
Helps you become effective
effective learner
learner
-HELP YOU REMEMBER INFORMATION!! (Walter Pauk?)
Stay focused analyze think
rapidly

HOW TO GET READY?

2. Recall
2.Recall
-Review syllabus
-course objectives
+ Class schedule, website, test dates, instructor
-main topics
office hours, etc.
-assignments
-???
???
-Relationship between class and text
Is text important
supplement or info NOT
-Identify testing
discussed in class
-types of questions
-concepts
pt vs details
d t il iin notes
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-ask instructor & other students
-Class buddy
-Why need/taking course (like or NOT)
-Choose
h
effective
ff t
method
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4.Recapitulate
Note taking is important part of successful college studying. A students need to understand WHY and HOW good notes
will hel
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grades.
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Successful Note-taking
1 Listenforkeywords.
1.
Li t f k
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2. Notecompleteideas,notonlyrandomwords.
3. Usesymbolsandabbreviations.
Mr

=!

Mrs
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b/c
w/
pop
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w/ox

Successful Note-taking

Successful Note-taking

(contd)

4. Usespacetoshowrelationship.
Vertical
space
Horizontal
space

5 Getthebigpicture(i
5.
Getthebigpicture(i.e.what
e whatsthemainpoint;what
sthemainpoint;what
doesthespeakerwantyoutolearn).
6 Quantityisimportant!!
6.

Successful Note
Note-taking
taking

(contd)
(cont
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Strategies for Effective Listening

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Lectures

Strategies for Effective Note-taking

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Lectures

Strategies for Effective Note-taking

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Lectures

Example 1
Studiesonworldwideliteracyratesshowthat
almost80percentoftheworldspopulation
overtheageof15isnowliterate.Thisincludes
morewomenthaneverbefore.

Studiesww literacyrt =almost80%world

popover15yrs nowliterate
+grtr #ofwomenthanbef

Example 2
UNESCOsstudyshowsadropinilliteracyfrom
UNESCO sstudyshowsadropinilliteracyfrom
twentytwoandfourtenthspercentoftheworld
p p
populationin1995totwentyandthreetenthsin2000.
995
y

WWliteracyrates
almost80%ofww pop15+yrs literate
morewomenthanbef

h b f
illiteracy19952000
22.4%(ww pop)20.3%

Basic Tips
Concentrate onthelectureorreading.
Takenotesselectively doNOTtrytowriteeveryword.
Useyourownwords.
Bebrief focusonmajorpointsandimportant
information.
Ifyoushouldmisssomethingcompletely,leaveablank
spaceandgetitlater.
d titl t

Consultingthelecturer,classmates,thetexts,oradditional
readings.
readings

Writelegibly.
Don
Dontworryaboutgrammarorspelling
tworryaboutgrammarorspelling.

Know WHAT to write

Youneedtolistenforsignalwords:
Thatleadtomainideas/points:
Therearethreereasonswhy

FirstSecondThird
andmostimportant
andmostimportant
Amajordevelopment

Thatindicatesupportmaterial:

Ontheotherhand
Forexample
Forinstance
Forinstance
Similarly
Furthermore
Incontrast

Signalwords(cont.)
Thatsignaltheconclusionorsummary:

Therefore
I
Inconclusion
l i
Asaresult
Finally
Insummary
Fromthiswecansee

ThatareoftensaidVERYloud:

Nowthisisimportant
Rememberthat
Theimportantideaisthat
Thebasicconcepthereis

Sources
courses.unt.edu/ttaylor/ASC/Note%20Taking%20Basics.ppt
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http://www.falibo.com/video/1907/NoteTakingCornell
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www.brevard.cc.fl.us/academics/.../notetaking101
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in033_000.ppt