Teachers often use illustrations or notes on a blackboard or project to present core concepts. But just copying those may not be enough for future study purposes. When taking notes, it’s a good idea to highlight key concepts, write down a couple of examples that the teacher provides, even if they just say them and not write them, and even try to think of some examples on your own. Before class it’s important to read the assigned textbook chapters; although you may not fully understand the reading, it’s still good to read it because you can ask questions during class, or concepts that you don’t understand, may be clarified as the teacher talks about them. Since you’ve already done the reading, during class, you can focus on listening to the teacher and perhaps not have to write so many notes, because you will already have a basic idea of the material. Shortly after class, it’s a good idea to spend approximately 30 minutes to review notes while they are still fresh in your mind. As you are reviewing your notes, think about any linkages that you can make between the textbook readings and the class.
What are your thoughts for good studying strategies?
21 comments
Comment by ast729 on February 20, 2013 at 4:10 am
good advice thank you
Comment by ipt704 on March 18, 2013 at 8:31 pm
Writing notes is a good idea but the trick is to write them in such a way that you can remember the important points later when you use these notes to study for exams and there is no one way of doing this, every student has their own unique way.
Comment by ast715 on March 19, 2013 at 12:40 am
writing notes is very good.
Comment by ast707 on March 19, 2013 at 1:17 am
writing notes is good, but not always practical. Sometimes we may just have to write down important keywords instead.
Comment by ipt711 on March 19, 2013 at 5:20 am
this is very useful information
Comment by ipt718 on March 19, 2013 at 6:19 am
Writing notes is a good idea.It can be used later when we are studying for exam.So it was more useful at that time.
Comment by ast718 on March 19, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Very valuable info.
Thanks
Comment by sbt701 on March 19, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Summarize your own notes
Comment by ast727 on March 20, 2013 at 3:52 am
very useful topic
Comment by ast712 on March 20, 2013 at 9:45 am
very much interesting…nice blog
Comment by ast712 on March 20, 2013 at 9:45 am
nice
Comment by ast702 on March 20, 2013 at 1:48 pm
very much interesting…nice blog
Comment by ast739 on March 21, 2013 at 6:10 am
Taking notes is very good habit for memorizing important topics in short time during exam days..
Comment by ast723 on March 21, 2013 at 7:50 am
Writing once is much better than reading many times. Taking the running notes helps in remembering for longer period of time.
Comment by ast738 on March 21, 2013 at 7:52 am
Good note-taking matters and you’ve got to attend class to do it.
Comment by ast728 on March 21, 2013 at 5:17 pm
Pop down some Adderall and you will be a 4.0 student in no time!
Comment by sbt727 on March 21, 2013 at 11:46 pm
Well this is a nice way of thinking
Comment by sbt738 on March 22, 2013 at 4:36 am
good advice thankyou
Comment by sbt740 on March 22, 2013 at 9:16 am
the advice was good. I feel that taking notes during lecture and reading it once again at home helps much more for our examination preparation.
Comment by ast717 on March 23, 2013 at 12:23 am
Nice post
Comment by ctp106 on August 18, 2013 at 9:14 am
my notes have been relatively the same since entering school. this is because i was an avid note taker during highschool – all the same this post is very true that you should always work hard to be in class and trying to pay attention. sometimes there are profs who will almost litterally give out answers to you for midterms and assignments – even exams – if you go to class. it almost always prove useful.
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