Note-taking section

What is the overall purpose of Notetaking?

A. To write down everything in case you forget it.

B. To make outlines to share with other students.
C. To understand the text and record the most important information.
D. To listen effectively to your lecturer and answer questions asked. 2

Which of the following should your notes include?

A. Keywords and phrases.

B. Full paragraph.
C. Complete sentences.
D. Exact punctuation. 2

Notetaking should take place ……

A. During class.
B. While reading textbook assignments.
C. In preparation for the examination.
D. All of the above. 2

Before a class begins, it is important to……

A. Use your friend’s notes.

B. Review notes from reading assignments and lecturers.
C. Mentally prepare yourself by clearing your mind of any distractions.
D. Both B and C. 2

Lecture notes should include a variety of the information.

A. About people.
B. Vocabulary relating to the lecture topic.
C. Amounts, ratios, formulae, and proportions.
D. All of the above. 2

What forms the most important element of note taking exercise?

A. Skimming and scanning for important information.

B. Converting information learned into own words.
C. Sharing notes with your friends.
 D. None of the above. 2

Which of the note taking system you can use when the content of your lecture or your
reading is heavy and well organized?

A. Sentence method.
B. Mapping method.
C. Charting method.
D. Roving method. 2

Taking notes can help you to….

A. To finish your reading fast

B. To read without any disturbance.
C. To improve your understanding by making you convert difficult ideas into your own
words.
D. All of the above. 2

When skimming what kind of reading are you engage in?

A. Reading rapidly in order to get to find specific facts?

B. Reading rapidly in order to establish truths, facts and arguments.
C. Reading technique that use rapid eye movement and keywords to move quickly
through text for slightly different purposes.
D. Read rapidly in order to address pending issues. 2

Note making is a systematic method of writing down the main points quickly….clearly.

A. In detail.
B. Briefly.
C. Vaguely.
D. Slowly. 2