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SuccessfulLecture Note
Taking StrategiesDr. Robert A. Kenedy
Assistant Professor
York University
Faculty of Arts
Department of Sociology
Academic Advisor, 219 Founders College
York University, Toronto
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Outline
• Introduction
• Lecture Preparation Strategies
• Lecture Note-taking Strategies
• Lecture Note-taking techniques
• Conclusion
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In the Lecture
•What makes you listen to certain partsof the lecture more carefully?•How do you cope with the quantity of
information?•Do you have a particular method?•What is it?
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After the Lecture
•Are you happy with your notes?•Why / Why not?•If not, what can you do about it?
•Has PowerPoint helped in any way?How?
•In what ways is PowerPoint not helpful?
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Preparation Strategies
•Have you read the course outline?•What’s the title of the lecture?
•How does it relate to the other titles in the series?
•What does it mean to you?
•What do you know already?
•(How) does it relate to real life issues?
•Have you read any of the preliminary reading?
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Note Taking Strategies•Be prepared: activate your schema
•Don’t try to record everything
•Work in pairs to share tasks
•Develop a system of short hand
•Listen for cues for important points•Ask the Instructor to slow down!
•Try out different strategies
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A balance between listening carefully and taking notes isneeded. The SQ3R strategy used for effective reading Survey,Question, Read, Recall, Review can be adapted to SQL2R:
Surveying
Questioning
Listening & Note taking
Recall
Review
Practicing note taking strategies- SQL2R
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies:Surveying-SignpostingSurveying: listening for signposting:
•I’ll begin by
•Well,
•The first of these settings,
•One of the key questions
•There are 3 main theories….
•So now we’ve come to ….
•To sum up, what we’ve looked at so far
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-
QuestioningQuestioning before the lecture can be helpful, askyourself:
• How does it fit in with the course?
• What do I already know about this topic?
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-Questioning
During the lecture ask yourself:
•What are the main points?•What is informative?
•What is analytical?•What is the lecturer's opinion?
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Note Taking Strategies
•Unless you have a superb memory, you’llforget much of what you’ve heard and madenotes on. Try to Recall and Review over coffeeafter the lecture, with one or two others. It’smore enjoyable, efficient and effective as it canpromote fruitful discussion. Make it a regularpost lecture slot.
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-Recall
Quickly draw a quick mind map, spider diagram
or flow chart summarizing what you all
remember – what were the main points?
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies:Review
Review•Make questions about the parts you couldn’tremember (there’ll be fewer if you work together)
•Review your notes to answer the questions & fill in thegaps.
• Make a list of those bits you didn’t understand & reread your notes
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-Types of Notes
If you find that PowerPoint handouts restrict you, tryrecording your notes in another way:
• Linear notes: with headings & sub-headings; points
are numbered sequentially
• Mind maps: suit visual thinkers
• Flow diagrams: suit logical thinkers
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-Linear Notes
Example:
Prepare for the lecture:
Do prep reading/thinking
Read through the lecture topic
Sort out note paper pencils etc
In the lecture
Be active
Listen for cues
Use shorthand/symbols
Use tape/buddy
After the lectureTalk it over with friendsNote what you do know/still don’tknow
Summarise itRe-write brief neat notes (if nec.)(Ref.http://www.ex.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/note_taking_appendix_a.htm)
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies- Mind
Map Notes
An example of notes in the form of a mind map
http://www.mind-map.com/EN/mindmaps/how_to.html
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Practicing Note Taking Strategies-
Flow Diagram NotesAn example of notes in theform of a flow diagram
Liverpool Hope University http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/notes4.htm#Note
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Note Taking Strategies- Lecture
DetailsAlso record on each page:
• Course title- abbreviations
• Lecture title
• Lecturer name or Initials
• Date• Page number
• Sub topic? (Helps you locate topics)
This can help you to avoid plagiarism & keep track of your notes 6months on
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Post Lecture Summary Notes
Date
Course
Lecturer
Overview: what was the lecture about?
Key vocabulary:
Key concepts/theories:
Issues/questions to be raised in seminar:
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Note Taking In Lectures-Abbreviations
e.g. for example
i.e. that is
etc. etcetera: and so on
N.B. note
Q. question
No. numberprobs. problems
p./pp page/pages
1st first
max. maximum
c. about approximatelythro/thru throughref. referenceimp importantsit. situation
eval evaluationanaly analysisdiff/diff.y difficult/difficultydiff.t different
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Cornell Method
REDUCE YOUR NOTES INTOTHE FEEDBACK COLUMN.
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Note-Taking Tips
1. RECORD DETAILS.2. REDUCE NOTES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. RECITE YOUR NOTES IN COMPLETESENTENCES.
4. CHECK ACCURACY IMMEDIATELY.5. REFLECT, USING A VARIETY OFACTIVITIES.
6. REVIEW IMMEDIATELY AND ON-GOING.
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Academic Success Series
Sources:• Adapted from Brian Poser Presentation (SC&LD), York University.
• Ellis, Dave (2000). Becoming a Master Student: Tools, techniques, hints, ideas,illustrations, examples Methods, Procedures, Process, Skills, Resources andSuggestions for success. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin Co. U.S.A.
• Gardner & Jewler ( 2003). Your College Experience: Strategies for success. 5th
ed. Expanded Reader. Wadsworth Publishing Co. Belmont CA.
• Van Blerkom, Dianna. (2004). Instructors Manual for Orientation to CollegeLearning. 4th ed..Wadsworth Publishing Co. Belmont CA.
• http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/index.htm
• Other Internet Sources.
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