Lecture Notes?
- Taking notes is one of many methods for us to memorise things easily and strengthen our brain memory
- It is also help us revise things especially before sitting for examination
- Notes are use to recall the things learn by students after the lecture class
How to take lecture notes?
Preparing yourself in taking notes
By reading the text assignment before we sit for our class, it will improve us to:
- Know and learn draftly about the topic we are going to learn
- Rebuild main ideas about the topics and subtopics
- Creating a more managable and organised notes
Before class you can also:-
- Review the notes
- Reading back your assignment
- Make sure you have your stationaries prepared the day before
Become and effective and active listener
Below are strategies to improve listening skills for a better study quality
- Monitor your listening
- Get your ears checked monthly
- Control your response
- Control your emotions
- Decide when and what to listen
- Sit infront in class or lecture class
- Focus on your objectives of what you wanna learn in the class
- Ignore all the negative surroundings/sounds
Effective Note Taking System
There are many ways and method of effective note taking system, some of it a shown as below:-
- Cornell note-taking method
- The block method
- Informal outline
- Modified block method
- Mapping method
Source : Google Images
Source: Google Images
Source : Google Images
Source : Google Images
Source : Google Images
Activity 9: Taking notes using Cornell/Block/Outline/Mapping Method
We are ask to make a note about topic given and shown to us during the lecture time using one of the method stated above
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