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helps to concentrate.
develops a sense of listening,
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as an active part of the learning
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quizzes.

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cannot be found else where (i.e
textbooks).
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to eliminate having to refer to the

textbook (Straker & Kelman, 2007,
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Know Your Style

Do you
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page?
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make copious notes?
take notes and realize later that
they are illegible?

To be successful at note taking, you

need to:
Improve your listening skills.
Develop your note taking skills.
Be able to use your notes to
study.

Listening and note taking

improve ONLY with practice.
Practice every day for 5-10
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Studies on worldwide literacy* rates show
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literate. This includes more women than
ever before.
*Literacy = ability to read

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world pop over 15 yrs now literate
+ grtr # of women than bef

Change dictation
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UNESCOs study shows a drop in illiteracy from
twenty-two and four-tenths percent of the world
population in 1995 to twenty and three tenths in
2000.

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in the number of people who CANNOT read the
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- more women than bef
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1995
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2000
20.3%

Remember
Use
Key words
Space
Headings
Abbreviations and symbols
Complete ideas
Quantity!

Remember
Get the big
picture!
Rewrite your
notes.
Develop your own
style and

Practice, practice,
practice.

TAKING NOTES IN CLASS

Before the lecture begins:
Arrive to class on time.
Sit as near to the front of the room as
possible to eliminate distractions.
Be sure to have read assigned
readings before coming to class.
Make a list of questions from the
readings to ask the professor in class.
Review your notes from previous
lecture.

TAKING NOTES IN CLASS

During the lecture:
Have your paper & pencil or pen ready.
Attend all of every class.
Copy everything that instructor writes
on the board, especially the outline.
Be an active listener and pay attention
to instructors verbal cues. His choice
of words might indicate the importance
of the information. For example.., most
importantly.., the result is.., finally etc.
Use your own words in summarizing
what instructor is saying.

TAKING NOTES IN CLASS

Be clear & complete in your notes.

Leave a (?) by info that is unclear.
Later go back & check with your
instructor.
After the lecture:
Revise and/or rewrite the notes as
quickly as possible, preferably the
same day of the lecture.
Coordinate readings and the lecture
notes.
Review notes at least once a week &
also review before next lecture.

CORNELL METHOD OF NOTE

TAKING

Recall
Column

Notes Column

Cornell Notes
1. Divide the paper vertically by
drawing a line from top to
bottom about 2 from the left
side of the page.
2. Write on one side of page only.
Write student name, course,
date & page number at top of
each page.
3. During lecture, record the main
ideas & concepts on the right
side of the page (notes column).

Date / Topic

Date / Topic
4 Main Causes of C.W.
1 Econ concerns
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4 Main Causes of C.W.
1 Econ con
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What were the
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1 Economic concerns
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What were the

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Benefits of Cornell Notes

Your notes are organized
You review your notes every
day
You can quickly and easily
identify key terms and
concepts.
Your lecture notes become a
study guide to help you
prepare for the exam.

 Try the Cornell Method of taking

notes for a few weeks and notice
the difference!
You dont have to be a genius to
take good notes. All that you need
is a good work ethic and
consistency.

 read the textbook again!

If you take good notes, you
may not have to read it again.
Highly organized notes are
crucial!

 One reason for this is a lack of

awareness of the fact that the
numbers of the elderly have and will continue to - explode
rapidly. The elderly population
in the year 2000 was triple
that of 1970. By 2025 this
figure is expected to double
again to be as much as 8 - 10
times the numbers of 1970.

What thoughts,
questions, challenges,
or ideas do you have?