What is the most effective way to take notes in my classes? That is the question that I've always been asking myself. As I go to each lecture from different classes, I find that the note taking skills all differ depending on the type of your course. However, when I am in language arts related classes, such as history or english, in which a lot of interpretting, analyzing, and writing is required, it is not such a good idea to write down what's on the overhead, especially if the professors post the lecture notes after each class. Also, because what professors put up in their slides in such classes are summarized, concise words, if I just put them down, when I look back into my notes, I hardly remember what thoes notes were talking about. So, in such classes, I usually focused more on writing what professors say during the lecture.
However, because the professors would not stop talking just so that I can finish writing everything they say, it was hard for me to write all of the information, sometimes just writing only half of them. I needed to quickly summarize what they say and write concise notes in order to get everything down on my notebook.
However, for both types of classes, I thought I could find a better way to take effective notes. And as I learned from the CLS class, the 1 + 3 notes seemed to be the best strategy to use during any types of classes.
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For my AST 104 class, I used this strategy. I wrote the lecture notes on the left side, and on the right side, on the 1+3 section, I put down the terms on the left side, with definitions and examples on the right side. At the end of the class, as I went over the notes, I thought up of the questions and wrote them down on the bottom section.
The good thing about this method is that I can use it on the language arts classes as well. For history class, I can take what professor says on the left side. And on the right side, I could put down the history terminologies on the left side of the 1 + 3 method column, examples and notes on the slide on the right side. With all these notes combined, I could think up of questions on my own and, just as I did for Astronomy class, I could put down the questions on the bottom.
I think I was able to write down more information with this method, more effectively and efficiently. For my next History class I will try to use this method and see if it actually works well in such courses as well. Try it for yourself because it really helps!
I agree when you said that you write down the informations on the screen in science class. I also do that. However, it is important to write down notes that the professor spoke outloud. Though you might be busy writing down notes from the screen, I recommend you also write down what the professor say (I should also do that... haha). I also used the 1 plus 3 note strategy for my astronomy class. Thought it did help me memorize and understand the concept, I think it did not really gave me that much of a help. It was too much time consuming, and I felt that it is better to go over the notes and read it again and again until I get familiar with it. But, if the 1 plus 3 note strategy worked for you, good.
ReplyDeleteWriting down notes based on lecture is critical when you are preparing for exam. I agree with Rhee saying that it is important to cover both the notes on the screen and the words from Professor. I am glad to see that 1 plus 3 note strategy worked out for you. I used plug-in note strategy which was similar to the style that I was already using long before I had taken CLS 105.
ReplyDeleteI also used the 1 Plus 3 note strategy and it worked greatly for me as well. I used it on HTW 221 course, where there are a lot of information from the lecture notes and the book to retrieve, and I was able to organize them fully in all of my A,B,C sections. I also have the definition part, and the questions part. Only thing I did differently from you is that I made a graphic organizer for the main topics. This helps me learn the materials visually because there are three clear sections to study from. I can tell that your 3 sections of notes are more organized than the regular lecture notes, and you can utilize the page to organize the information you need into the boxes. They are also all interrelated, the questions and the notes, so that you will be able to study them more thoroughly.
ReplyDelete1 plus 3 note taking strategy is great for courses that require you to organize your notes into sections. It's good for reviewing your exam later and just really convenient to have that topic in big bold headline for review later. The concept of the taking notes in 1 plus 3 note taking strategy seems very good idea.
ReplyDeleteYour 1 plus 3 note takingstrategy looks really solid. I like the way you format your notes into different categories. I think you have made yourself easier for purpose of review when exam times come and its made so that details are explained specific. I personally have used the plug-in and I suggest you try use it if you still haven't, but this looks awfully dang good too. Keep up the good work. Nice
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