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A good strategy of note taking in
class will pay off in terms of effectiveness and time savings.
The keys to good note taking are the
five "R's" from the Cornell Notetaking System (Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH):
Record * Reduce * Recite *
Reflect * Review
You can develop your own system
based on a few elementary strategies:
Get a good loose leaf notebook.
This will enable you to add, delete, and re-sequence pages and materials.
Develop an organizational system; include
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headings, the date, even the
number of the class (e.g. 3/34)
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any guest speakers' names,
including your fellow students' contributions
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a system of
"sections" to organize your notes
Leave plenty of white space for additions
Think in terms of three main
sections:
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A central space for
identifying the main points
capturing the main ideas
not quoting the lecturer (if you want to quote
someone, bring a tape recorder if it is permitted)
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a marginal space for
editing or annotating what you have written,
linking information from the text or other sources,
adding definitions
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a "condensing" or
summary section
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