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The art of note-taking
There are several steps involved in good note-taking that, if followed, will provide you with a skill that you will use over and over again. Good and careful note-taking is a skill that, like any other, takes practice. As you progress through your education (high school and university), remember that good study habits will pay off in college and graduate school. Keep you notes neat and in a well organized folder (or notebook).
ORGANIZATION - Learn how now!
1. To ensure good organization of your notes, implement
the following:
a. Keep the layout of your notes spacious.2. Major points:
b. Make proper use of titles and subtitles.
c. Use numbers, Roman Numerals, abc, etc. to itemize points.
d. To emphasize the importance of names, dates, events, etc., you can underline them - use a ruler and/or use different color pens - this highlights dates, names, events that have to be remembered!
a. Look for the major points in the text you are making notes on and record them.3. Class notes should be accurate with all the important and relevant information.
b. Accuracy in names is important - underline them.
c. Dates should be chronologically arranged in the margin, making sure you leave enough space for inserting information.
d. Brevity and resourcefulness in the use of major headings and subheadings is desirable.
4. Go over and check your notes to reinforce the learning
process.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTE-TAKING
It is important to remember that abbreviations may not
be used in essays or report writing. They are only used in note-taking
to save time. Eventually, as you become more skilled in note-taking, you
can create additional abbreviations:
e.g. for example n.b. (nota bene) note well viz. namely cp. compare cf. contrast imp. important Br. Britain Fr. France Sp. Spain i.e. that is etc. (etcetera) and so on and so on