How Taking Notes Can you help you score better?

Notes are a simple yet helpful way to ace your exams and encourage better learning and
understanding. Taking notes can do wonders irrespective of the class or the level of studies;
they are beneficial for every level of studies or while preparing for any sort of exam. Taking
notes can upgrade your marks and bring you fruitful results. You may be good at
understanding the subjects or learning the concepts but if you do not make notes then
retaining the information you have learned will seem problematic to you. That is where the
difference lies; the difference between an average student and a student who aces the
exam is their ability to take notes, for this reason, here we have summed up some of the
major importance of taking notes.

 Taking notes has several advantages, the most important one is that it sharpens the
memory and helps you retain the information for a longer period. Writing is
commonly used as an exercise for effective learning, writing what you have learned
makes the learning process easy, and the same goes with note-taking, when you
take notes with concentration and attentiveness then eventually you are training
your mind to retain the information for a longer period.

 Another reason why taking notes can help you score better is that it holds a record
of the chapters you have studied. The quality and quantity of your notes also reflect
the level of your understanding. It is important to make clear notes that are easily
understandable for further learning.

 Note-taking is also very beneficial for revisions. Often the books contain a lot of
information that it may get difficult for the students to revise from them. During the
limited time of revisions, you may prefer the notes you have made throughout the
year. Your notes will be easily understandable to you as well as they will consume
less time and cover the complete syllabus of the exam.

These are the reasons that make note-taking important for achieving good marks in your
exam. It is essential and should be considered as this easy practice can easily help you
upgrade your marks and make your learning better. Here are some of the ways of taking
notes for scoring better.

These simple ways will let you know how to take notes for better results

1. Attend your classes regularly and note down all the important information shared by
your teachers. You may rephrase the information for making the language simpler
and easily understandable to you, or if any difficult word pours in then you may
search the meaning of the word and write the meaning along with the word in the
 same place. You may also write the ncert important questions along with your notes
as they are beneficial for exams.

2. Prepare your notes with proper headings and sub-headings along with leaving the
proper amount of space and lines between paragraphs or main concepts of your
notes. Leaving the spaces will help to make your notes seem more informative and
you may also add up other important information while revising later.

3. Your notes should be completely understandable to you. You have to make notes for
yourself so you may add abbreviations or symbols that are understandable to you
while taking notes as it will save your time and your notes will still be effective while
revising.

4. Another important way of taking notes is writing your notes in points instead of
paragraphs, making bullet points and lists instead of writing the information in
paragraphs will make your notes more informative and this way of writing will also
help you to fetch more marks in your exams.

5. You may use a different color pen or a highlighter for highlighting the important
word or the information that is very important. Highlighting the keywords in your
notes will make your notes look attractive and you may also save your time during
revisions by reading the highlighted text and understanding it first.

6. Rule the page of your notes dividing the page into two columns, keep one-fourth of
the space for one column and the rest of the space for the column, in the bigger
column you may write your notes and the small column can be used as a space for
doubts that you had while reading the notes, you may clear your doubts further and
write the answers on the same space, you may also write the name of the book, the
lecture or any source of your notes on that small column, this will make your notes
more effective.

These are some of the ways to take notes for scoring good marks. These easy yet helpful
ways can make your notes more informative, easy to understand, and can upgrade your
marks easily, you should never compromise your quality of learning and so taking notes
is as important as critical thinking for your exam. Taking notes will help you retain and
retrieve 100% of the information you have received.

You will flourish your exam if you prepare well and take notes throughout your
academic session. On the day before your exam, have a proper dinner, gather all the
important documents and stationery for your exam and most importantly you should
sleep on time so that you will wake up energized in the morning and you can use that
energy for giving your best in the exam. And also prepare everything including the
documents and the stationary on the day before the exam so you do not have to hustle
in the morning.

Last but not the least; try to stay positive as a positive attitude can do wonders. Feeling
nervous before your exam is natural but if you have prepared well then you will surely
ace your exam, so give your best, prepare well and you will achieve your goals with
flying colors. All the best!