<p>I usually use a notebook with a pocket for each subject, unless a binder is required. I only copy key points and formulas in my notes. In classes where I don't have a textbook, I copy down almost everything the teacher says and them summarize them later at night.</p>
<p>I just copy down the notes we are requuired to copy down from the teacher or the text book.. And when finals start, I make my own notes.</p>
<p>It seems so hardout that you guys re organise all the notes when arriving home.. making conclusions, little cards, etc..
I just do 30min homework, eat dinner, watch tv and sleep.. I think i'll try out your method thing next week!</p>
<p>I usually just copy down what the teacher's put on the board, along with a few extras from the discussion and the textbook. I will usually highlight or make other side notes at home when looking over them, but that's about it.</p>
<p>I keep a binder for each subject, which usually stays at home unless we're doing a portfolio project or something in class. We don't have lockers at school, so I learned long ago just at take what I needed for the day. I keep one binder (a 1" if it matters) with a section for extra class and keep the current chapters/sections here. After the test I'll move the papers to the class binder and put them in the right sections. I love this system, works great. For me anyway. Most my friends still keep individual binders for extra class with them though.</p>
<p>Another thing is, keep an agenda. Write down what you did in class, even if you don't have homework. I tend to forget what happened in my first period class by the time I sit down to do the homework for it the next day (block schedule), much less what the homework was!</p>
<p>And put dates on everything and give each page a title.</p>
<p>well I dont know if I will make my personal conclusions, but if using the cornell system I would instead make a short summary on the bottom. I can leave conclusions for a journal I might start. lol. :P</p>
<p>I do Cornell</a> notes sometimes. It was a mandate at my old school but now I use a modified version. </p>
<p>-Videos: I jot down names and things and later, ask questions. I don't write down loads of facts and I just let the teacher fill me in later.
-Board/PowerPoint: Rough outlines
-Textbook: I read the captions and headings beforehand and also summaries and then, I read through and after each segment (say heading-to-heading) I'll write down 1-2 things or whatever. In the end, I have a nice outline.
-Lecture: Dates, people, blah blah... later, I clarify with the teacher. It's different when I do stuff for Spanish - almost everything is written down from boards and blah blah. </p>
<p>For some classes, I have individual binders. Mostly, I have 1-2 folders for each of my classes to store homework and other junk - it depends though. In my APUSH last year, I had this huge binder with a divider for each chapter and I stored my notes (not always Cornell-style) and other papers accordingly. I don't have notebooks for all of my classes and for the ones that I do, they're individual. </p>
<p>When taking notes, I leave my margins for questions and the rest is filled with notes, pictures, doodles (of w/e :)) and charts, etc. </p>
<p>For my Spanish class, we had to keep journals (we read articles and other things). </p>
<p>For several of my classes, a lot of the reflection was done during regular class discussions - like atleast once or twice a week.</p>
<p>i loved my notes system last year.
-i figured out that i don't need ANY TEXTBOOKS for my classes except for ASL, so i never carry them with me.
-the only classes i need to take notes are lecture classes (math, religion). chem was a study guide he gave us to fill out every section. english was handouts, and history notes were required but hardly ever checked or graded, so we do those at home.</p>
<p>i only had 1 3-subject notebook and some random papers in my backpack for a semester and 1/2. it was awesome.</p>
<p>but i always do my notes in outline form. i'm really detailed and i write, not type, my notes. i learn with my hands (i forgot the word for it), so i learn the facts as i write it down.</p>
<p>I've tried so many methods, I can't even count them all...
The best system I've found is using a notebook (3 subject or 1 subject depending on the class/teacher) for each subject + a separate folder for each class, along with a miscellaneous folder that holds clean looseleaf paper and random hand-outs and such...</p>
<p>For math classes, I have two one subject notebooks at any given time. one for actual notetaking and one for examples/ practice problems given on the board.</p>
<p>By the end of the year, I usually end up with 3 or 4 notebooks per class because I write down just about every word that comes out of the teacher's mouth. I usually forget it otherwise... When I study for major tests (like APs, finals, midterms), I rewrite my notes in a more concise format on big posters the week before and then I hang those, temporarily, on my walls.</p>
<p>that poster idea is awesome!! i'm gonna copy that, if you don't mind next year lol</p>
<p>Wow... you are carrying 3-4 notebooks for each class to and from school every day? That is exactly what I am trying to avoid... lol. I hate carrying things back and forth to school. I try to even find an extra textbook for the same class so I can leave one at home and leave one at school. </p>
<p>This is also why I am considering on using just one 5 subject notebook for the whole day, or one binder divided for all my classes.</p>
<p>I use a whole bunch of loose leaf paper for all my classes except math and science. I have a folder that has four pockets in them, and I stick notes from each subject into the pockets. I bring home the folder everyday, so it comes with home with me, and to school. After we're finished with the notes and the tests/quizzes, I transfer them to a portfolio that I keep in my locker.</p>
<p>For math and science, I have a binder that is like 3" which I keep both subjects in. If I need to bring home notes, I put them to my folder, and when I'm finished I put them back.</p>
<p>I generally only study before tests, and some times I bring the textbook home with me since I have pretty bad note taking skills. Sometimes a friend might call and ask about the subject, and we discuss it on the phone, but that doesn't happen too often.</p>
<p>I might consider the Cornell system, or the notebooks since I really need to take better notes in class. Oh yeah, and sitting in class and listening to what the teachers say definitely help a lot too.</p>
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<p>Step 1: Buy paper.
Step 2: Buy pencils and pens.
Step 3: Place pencil or pen directly above paper.
Step 4: Write.</p>
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My notes have to be the worst notes ever (except when I'm simply copying). You can see when I start to get bored, as the handwriting gradually deteriorates.
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<p>I have the exact same problem. My handwriting isn't neat to begin with, but the longer I write and the more bored I get, the messier and larger the letters become. Sometimes I only end up with three words per line lol. I also doodle all along the margins of my notes and inside my spanish text (which wasn't the smartest idea cause now it's hard to read but it's either doodle or not study at all). I never review my notes, though, except for the rare teachers that test entirely on notes and not on the textbook. Just the process of listening (in theory) and writing down the notes is all I really need.</p>
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Wow... you are carrying 3-4 notebooks for each class to and from school every day? That is exactly what I am trying to avoid... lol. I hate carrying things back and forth to school. I try to even find an extra textbook for the same class so I can leave one at home and leave one at school.
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no..I don't carry all of them at the same time...When one notebook is finished, I usually just leave it in my locker or at home and bring a new one to class to take notes in.... At any given time, I have 1 or 2 maximum per class.
I get two textbooks for each class too, if the books aren't too expensive (we have to buy ours anyway). It's a lot less stressful too because I don't need to be continually going over in my mind "Did I bring this book home, what about that one? oh no, what if I forgot that other one?"</p>
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that poster idea is awesome!! i'm gonna copy that, if you don't mind next year lol
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haha..I'm glad someone appreciates it! my friends just call me a dork...</p>
<p>Morgaine, I know what you mean. My handwriting starts out fairly legible (but TINY, as I've been told over and over), and then gets bigger and sloppier. </p>
<p>Sometimes the act of writing down the notes is better than the actual notes themselves. I found that typing up study guides for my friends was the best studying I ever did.</p>
<p>I don't take notes.</p>
<p>Actually I do. Here is a sample I found:</p>
<h2>IBMYP Civics and Econ. Jan 27th 2005</h2>
<pre><code> - THE SENATE -
</code></pre>
<p>F|_|CK this! Time to do something useful</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC 2003 Free Response.
NO CALCULATORS ALLOWED</p>
<p>Calculus calucluus acalulsudsf caluclus
lculus cacluclus calluclus caluculs....
big integral sign
****ty explaination</p>
<p>... Wait a second, this isn't civics... yeah it is. And it got me a 5 on the test too.</p>
<p>How do you take and organize notes? I write down what he has on the board first.....organize? all one page thing. and i put them by the dates ascending order. I put dates on handouts too.
Do you follow a specific system? The heading yes, but the notes? no
How do you organize all your classes? I put their priority according to what class I have first. like Bio then History etc.....
Do you keep one binder for all your classes all the time? Yeah.
Do you keep one notebook for all classes, then seperate your notes at home? No
What about the actual page, do you simply write everything the teacher says as he says it down the page, or do you organize the page differently? I write his notes first, then if I found what he say is important I add it on the same page.</p>
<p>I use a 1 inch binder with 5 dividers in high school. I'll use a 1.5 for college. I use the 8.5"x11" looseleaf papers (Staples brand) college rule.</p>
<p>notes?????</p>
<p>lmao. I only look back on notes before a quiz or test. Wish I had the patience to do notecards, but it seems so useless sometimes.
Used to use notebooks too, but last year, I primarily used loose leaf. Cornell also is sort of mandated at our school, but rarely anyone uses it anymore. They're incredibly useful if you have the time to reflect and ask questions.<br>
I keep everything in a 1" binder, for all of my eight classes. I clean it out every few weeks or so, and use a new binder every trimester, and keep everything pertaining to those units in the respective binder. Useful for referencing to something earlier in the year.<br>
I always take notes in the order of the lecture (which is usually organized in the first place), and use arrows if necessary. If my doodling or messy notetaking is annoying me, I sometimes rewrite it. I rewrite my homework much more frequently than rewriting notes though.</p>
<p>i used a 1.5 inch binder with a folder inside per subject. i got all As when i was on this system, so it could work for you too. for science, foreign language, and math, i usually copied all the notes from the board because they were given. for english and my two history classes, i simply noted down info that i thought were relevant for quizzes and tests. occasionally, my english teacher also wrote out notes for us to copy down. i'm amazed that many of you have the patience to take extensive notes from the textbook and from a teacher's lecture.</p>