Text Note Taking

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Study Skills

Taking Text Notes


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Why to take

Text Notes

How to

Review

Text Notes

How to

EvaluateText Notes

How to take

TextNotes

When to take

TextNotes

TAKING

TEXT

NOTES


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WhereAre

You Now?Answer the questions Yes orNo

Do you take notes on textbook material afteryou

have highlighted the chapter or section? Do you take text notes when you read the chapter

for the first time?

Do you read the whole paragraph before you begin

to take notes?

Do you evaluate your notes after an exam?

Do you usually copy information from the txt in the

same wording as the author used in the book?


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WhereAre

You Now?Answer the questions Yes orNo

Do you recite your text notes when you review for anexam?

Do you create maps when you take notes on thetextbook material?

Are your text notes a good summary of the textmaterial?

Do you tend to write down only key words when youtake notes?

Do you use formal outlining to take notes on yourtext?


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Calculate

Your

Score

Whereare you now

Give yourself 1 point for eachyes to

questions 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. Give yourself 1 point for eachno to questions

2, 5, 9, and 10

Total your points

A low score indicates that you need some

help in taking notes on text material

A high score indicated that you are already

using many good note-taking strategies


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Why to Take Notes

Promotes Active Reading

Actively involved you must write something down Decision-making you decide what is important

Your own words = format that is easy to study & remember

Strengthens your memory of the material

Increases your Comprehension

Reinforces the important information

Writing in your words = analyzing the material & relates it to

what you already know about the subject.

Reading, Thinking & Writing - repetition needed for

remembering


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Why to Take Notes

Serves as a Comprehensive Monitoring System

Provides feedback on concentration & understanding Ifyou cant write notes signal you didnt understand what you read

Condenses the Information

Time saver for studying for an exam

Able to organize in a way that makes sense foryou

Organizes the Information

Forces you to structure the material to show relationships

Mapping allows for visual display to show how the material is

connected


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When to Take Text Notes

When you first read the chapter Can be too time consuming

May write down more information than you need

After the Lecture If teachers lecture follows the text gook closely, you can fill in

information you mayhave missed during the lecture

Able to add important information that was not covered in lecture

At the end of the week Good way of reviewing information

Use lecture notes with text notes so do not duplicate information

When you prepare for the exam Active review session

Able to condense information to study with


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How to Take Text Notes -written notes

Outlining

Formal

Refer to the table of contents to set up main headings Use capital letters to set up main point

Example

I.

A.

1.

2.

B.

II.

Informal Informal outlining is more efficient for taking notes

Use chapter subdivisions for main points

Dont have to use everyhading as a main point some combined; others omitted

No need to use letters or numbers, just indents


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Block Notes

Allows to group important details for eachheading compactly Write heading next to margin; indent slightly

Separate details by slash or dash

IF you are a visual learner, this may not be the best method foryou

hard to picture information since it is grouped together

Modified Block Notes More effective by listing important details under each other

Sometimes too many details to list under just one heading

Use phrases instead of whole sentences; use your own words


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Summarizing Condensed version of information written in sentence or paragraph

form Break down chapter in shorter segments

Read entire section; think about what author is saying; decide whatyou think is important

Not useful for certain types of information especially technical orfactual

Note cards Easy to organize information

Easy to carry around

On the back of the actual notes, write recall words or questions. Forces you to focus on important information & create set of self-test

questions


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How to Take Text NotesMapping - visual display of text information

Line orWheel Maps

Provides space to write meaningful phrases

Visual display of information Add lines or spokes that radiate out from a central hub

Topic in the Center

Subordinate points on lines that radiate up, down or out from it

Add supporting details by inserting lines that extend out from previous lines

Create subheadings as you map the information

Subheadings organize the information, separate details into easier-to-rememberchunks

Information can serve as cues to help learn and retrieve the information

Seem easy to create, also easy to make mistakes

Dont turn paper around to create; want to be written horizontally for ease ofstudying and reading

Tendency to simply list all information on lines that extend directly from heading

If is a few details; fine, but if too detailed need to break down differently.


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Hierarchical Maps

Top-Down display of information Form of flowcharts or process charts

Write main heading/topic at top in a box

Draw lines to indicate the subdivisions; create box for each

Further divide into one or more supporting points Individual method of taking notes

Natural progression from main topic to supporting details


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Example ofHierarchical Map

(Main Topic)

ChemicallyDependent Youth

(Subdivisions)

Incidence

(Subdivisions)

Increase in Use

(Subdivisions)

Teachers Role

(Subdivisions)

Drug Categories

(Points)

Youth& Adults

(Points)

Drinking &Drugs(Points) (Points) (Points) (Points)

(Points)

1/3 of High SchoolStudents


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Semantic Webs

Instead of top-down display; semantic webs radiate fromcentral focal point

Four main components Core Question or Concept

Web Strands

Stand Supports Strand Ties

Color coding mayhelp recall the information

Uses clusters of information Use different colors for different clusters of information


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Example of Semantic Map

Category

Category

Category

Category

Category

Category

MainTopic


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How to Take Text NotesCharting

Graphic Display of information

Show similarities and differences of related information Cannot chart entire textbook

Break down chapters by section

Topics, How related

Create Chart with Categories & Headings Matrix

Chart with rows and columns

Categories are equivalent to subheadings


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Example ofCharting

Categories Examples Short-Term

Effects

Long-Term

EffectsStimulants

Depressants

Hallucinogens

Narcotics


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How to Review Text Notes

Recite your notes

Review main & supporting points; Recall & reciteheadings; Recite details underheadings

If use note cards carry withyour; use all spare time

Replicate your notes Reconstruct your notes

Work on one column at a time

Create a recall column Use margin to write recall words or questions

Test your memory using recall cues


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How to Evaluate Text Notes

Compare your notes with those of a classmate

May notice information you omitted or unnecessary information Get ideas how to organize text information

Check withyour teacher or a tutor

Feedback

See how well you are identifying, condensing & organizing the

information How to be a better note taker

Use the T Method

Go throughyour information and put a T in the margin every time

you find a test question


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REVIEW terms you should know

Block method

Chart Comprehensive

monitoring system

Core concept

Formal outlining

Hierarchical map

Informal outline

Line map

Maps

Matrix Modified-block method

Semantic web

Strand supports

Summary

T Method

Web strands

Wheel map


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REVIEW Sentence completion

You may not want to take text notes as you read the chapter

for the first time because everything seems ______. You can edit your _______ notes as you take text notes.

Some students like to take text notes on ______ _____

because they can carry them around to review when they

have a few extra minutes.

_____ _____ show the supporting details in a Semantic

Web.

_____ cannot be used to take notes on entire chapters.


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REVIEW short answeressay

Why is note taking more effective than

highlighting or underlining? Why do some students have difficulty taking

text notes? What should they do differently?

How should students review their notes?s


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Reference:College Study Skills:

Becoming a Strategic LearnerBy: Dianna L. Van Blerkom

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