TAKING LECTURE NOTES Prepared by: Hazfina binti

WEEK 4 – 13/5/2022 Mohamed Idris

Edited by: Mohd Hafizz Wondi
WHY TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
WHY TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
✔ Promotes active listening by helping you concentrate on

the lecture.
✔ Provides an accurate record of information that was

presented in class.
✔ Helps you learn and remember the information.

✔ Helps you to organize the information.

ACTIVITY 1
Answer YES or NO to the following questions.
1. Do you edit your notes within twenty-four hours after each of your classes?
2. Do you try to write down exactly what your professor/lecturer says in class?
3. Do you separate the main points from supporting information in your notes?
4. Are you able to read and understand your notes when you study for your
exam?
5. Do you sometimes find that your notes don’t make sense when you review
them before an exam?
6. Do you tend to write down only key words when you take notes?
7. Do you review your notes by reciting them out loud? TOTAL POINTS
Questions: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 10
8. Do you tend to miss a lot of information when you take notes? – 1 Point (YES)
9. Are you actively involved in the lecture?
Questions : 2, 5, 6, and 8.
10. Do you read your textbook assignment before you go to your lecture class?
- 1 Point (NO)
 HOW TO TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
1. Prepare before taking notes
➢ Read the text assignment before class

➢ Can build up some background about the topic

➢ Will give you the opportunity to become familiar with the

main topics that will be presented
➢ Review the notes that you took during the last class
meeting
HOW TO TAKE LECTURE NOTES?
2) Become an active listener
➢ Active listener are physically and mentally focused on the lecture.
 EFFECTIVE NOTE TAKING SYSTEM
1) Cornell Method
ACTIVITY 2
Listen to this video and try out the Cornell note-taking method.
▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epzr8azlxp8
EFFECTIVE NOTE-TAKING SYSTEM
2) Mapping Method
REVIEWING THE NOTES
1. Recite from the headings.
2. Recite from the recall
questions.
3. Talk about the information
with others.
REFERENCES

▪ Van Blerkom, D. L. (2009). College Study Skills: Becoming a strategic learner (6th
ed.). MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.