TAKING NOTES FROM LECTURES IN CLASS
Do you know…
- Why you should learn a systematic approach to listening and lecture note taking?
- What techniques you can develop to record the content and organization of lectures?
- What the various lecture styles are, and how to recognize them?
- How you should edit and review your notes?
Sharpening Listening Skills
- Listening is the primary way of acquiring information in lectures
- At white-collar jobs, 35-40% of time is spent listening
Hearing and Listening
Hearing - Passive physiological process where ears receive sound waves
- Occurs without thought or effort
- Comprehension and interpretation of information
- Intentional and active
- Requires attention and concentration
Tips for Effective Listening
- Tune in
- Maintain eye contact with instructor
- Stay active by asking mental questions
- Anticipate what is to follow
- Stick with the lecture
- Avoid emotional involvement
- Use gaps and pauses in lecture for notes
- Focus on content, not delivery
- Focus on ideas, not facts
- Listen carefully to speaker’s opening comments
- Attempt to understand lecturer’s purpose
- Fill in the gap between rate of speech and rate of thinking
- Treat listening as a challenging mental task
How to Start With an Advantage
Get organized - Organize a notebook for each course
- Use ink
- Date your notes for later reference
- Sit in the same place, near the front
- Attend all lectures
- Read related assignments
- Become familiar with key points and terminology
- Preview assignment if you can’t read it all
Common Note Taking Problems
PROBLEM: SOLUTION:1. “My mind wanders and I get bored.” -------- Sit in front of room and preview assignments.
5. “Everything seems important” or “nothing seems important.” -- You may not have identified key
concepts.
6.“I can’t spell all the new technical terms.”---- Record them phonetically.
Identifying Main Ideas
- Points repeated
- Change in voice
- Change in rate of speech
- Listing and numbering points
- Writing on the board
- Use of visuals
- Direct announcement
- Nonverbal cues
Recording Details and Examples:
- Record only important details
- Use one brief phrase to summarize each major supporting detail.
- Include a summary of at least one example
Taking Notes More Efficiently
- Leave blank spaces
- Mark assignments
- Mark ideas that are unclear
- Don’t plan to recopy your notes
- Consider tape-recording lectures
- Try not to write complete sentences
- Use abbreviations
Note Taking and Learning Style
Auditory : Advantage – Take thorough, complete notes
Visual : Practice note taking; analyze and revise notes
Creative : Annotate notes, recording impressions and ideas
Pragmatic : Reorganize while editing
Social : Review/edit notes with classmate, compare notes
Independent : Sit close to instructor; avoid students who distract
Applied : Record applications as annotations
Conceptual : Discover idea relationships; watch for patterns
Spatial : Add diagrams, maps while editing
Verbal : Record diagrams/drawings, translate into words during editing
Identifying Lecture Thought Patterns
Organizing statements : Opening statement tells what to expect
Transitions :Signal movement from point to point
Summary statements: Confirm what you should have learned
Lecture format :Indicates likely thought patterns
Editing Lecture Notes
- Record enough during lecture to remember main ideas, details, or examples
- Leave blank spaces
- After class, fill in gaps
- Expand notes
- Add details and examples
TAKING NOTES FROM READING
HOW SHOULD A MUSLIM DEAL WITH BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE
https://islamqa.info/en/answers/10690/how-should-a-muslim-deal-with-books-of-knowledge
STUDY THE QURAN USING THIS NOTE TAKING
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NOTE : PLEASE GET THE PROPER GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LECTURER OR TEACHER !!!
STUDY THE QURAN USING THIS NOTE TAKING
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/525584218998203162/
NOTE : PLEASE GET THE PROPER GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LECTURER OR TEACHER !!!
ALL THE BEST ...
STUDY SMART & PRAY HARD...
THANK YOU !
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