<p>How do ya'll take the notes that really helped you..like for tests and essays and finals and so on? I find it hard to take notes because I have to write down everything and I don't know what to write down so I continue to write. I do miss some points but maybe I can get in the textbook, right? I can't do on notebook as I think will make it worse (its distracting and most of my professors don't want it). How do I take better notes?</p>
<p>anybody with tips?</p>
<p>I have a habit of trying to write down everything the professor says, which is not the correct way to take notes. Also, some professors have horrible handwriting so it can be next to immpossible to try and read the projection screen and copy things down.</p>
<p>Here’s what I recommend (called Stanford note taking):</p>
<p>Divide your paper on the left and right hand sides with the left for topics and the right side for writing what you think is important.</p>
<p>BTW, if you go to Jester talk with Mrs. Tracy L Saenger or with anyone else regarding note taking and pick up some information while your’re their.</p>
<p>Well, I pretty much write everything down that the teacher says that is probably important. It helps me because I have tactile memory so if I write or type my notes, somehow my brain absorbs it well and can retain it. Probably a result of playing piano for so long haha. But I guess if writing everything doesn’t work for you, you could go to the Sanger Learning Center for help on note-taking or go to office hours and ask your professor.</p>
<p>when reading textbooks, do you think I should take the notes as I’m writing. In the end of one of my textbooks, there is page where it states the main points. should I take notes on those main points on the textbook then until class to elaborate on those notes in lecture?</p>
<p>Are you talking about science classes or not? If it is science classes, i usually prioritize to comprehend the content of the lecture and condense it with short keywords as i write the note. And i dont usually do it for the sake of reading it later, but for my brain to absorb the material as i write.</p>
<p>i’m talking about geography.</p>
<p>For Geography, I would know bolded terms and locations and things. Good idea to make small summaries as you read and then read the summary at the end of the chapter. BTW, YouTube stuff if you need help.</p>
<p>I’ve become a big fan of highlighting in my book and then creating a small outline after. This allows me to seamlessly read through the book, fully comprehending the material because I’m not overly concerned with writing/typing everything up. In class, I try to write down main concepts that I think are important. I’ve tried typing everything, which isn’t bad. But, this can often lead to me not really listening to the deep meaning and comprehending it as much as I should.</p>
<p>Note taking will get easier as the semester goes on. I find taking notes and knowing what to study for the first test is the hardest thing to do because in most cases, you aren’t going to know what the professor is going to key in on on the test. Once you’re a test or two in, you will be able to more easily discern what the professor finds important.</p>
<p>I usually just take notes as I read if it is a subject I find easy to understand. However, for things like chemistry, I had to read the chapter twice: first, highlighting and second time, outlining. I write down everything I think will be important (which is a lot of things because you never know what will be asked on the test).</p>
<p>Get an Adderall script.</p>
<p>yeah i found a way that helps me but its different in each of the classes. I hope it continues to go well throughout the semester.</p>
<p>A communal notes binder of a sorts could help. Somewhat of a study group effort. Learning as a group can provide information an individual might miss.</p>
<p>I can tell you the most effectual method i have contrived consists of listening and analyzing the professors’ discussion and just righting down some of the more important things that may not stick in my mind or are very detailed oriented, DON’T ATTEMPT TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING, that would completely destroyed the contextual and analytical portion of the discussion and leave you high and dry to discern it for yourself, I took notes like this last year and got A’s in all 3 of my history classes, and most of history courses only gave out about 10 A’s and 15 A- out of the 200+ people in His 315 k/l</p>