Note making and note-taking skills

• 1. Note-making and Note-taking Skills OUMH1103 Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners

2. WAYS OF MAKING NOTES Annotation; Outline notes; Column notes; Mind maps; and Summary [email protected] 3. Annotation suitable for printmodules, textbooks, articles make notes by writing in the margins, underlining facts, highlighting the main points, using question marks, [email protected] 4. Annotation [email protected] 5. Outline Notes Only use keywords and phrases The notes are usually sequentially numbered, orheadings, subheadings and indentation can be [email protected] 6. Column [email protected] 7. Mind [email protected] 8. Summary [email protected] 9. MAKING NOTES FROM PRINTED MATTER Understand the objectives Read the whole topic and then try to summarise 9it in a few sentences in your own words. Leave spaces in between notes, to allow for additions or changes later Reread the topic and improve on the notes, providing more details. Use your own words write down the original source from where the notes are taken Read over your notes to make sure you understand [email protected] 10. TAKING NOTES DURING TUTORIALS Do your reading before you enter your class It activates your prior knowledge; It builds mental schemas; and It enables you to make intelligent [email protected] 11. Listening During Tutorials Get the tutors intended message in the actual11classroom Avoid distractions that may interfere with your concentration Listen to the message being said, paying attention to the emphasis given by the tutor to the topic. Always relate the ideas to previous tutorial discussions, to your module and other supporting resources and to your previous experiences. Look for clues from the tutor to what can be considered as important points DO NOT COPY EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID BY [email protected] YOUR TUTOR! 12. Taking notes in [email protected]