<p>What's everyone's best technique for taking notes (especially math classes - I'm a failure at getting good math notes.)</p>
<p>Generally, I try and write down everything in my own words in paragraphs. This makes for a lot of reading to do, but I tend to understand it more as we're going over it.</p>
<p>Math Classes, I just write down what my teacher says and try my best to understand it and explain it to myself. I just subtopic my notes, and write bullet points and stuff like that. Use Cornell Notes.</p>
<p>I only write down the stuff I don’t know. I use smiley faces and frowny faces.</p>
<p>I don’t write that many notes, though… except for my Film 372 but note-taking is very class-specific to that course in particular.</p>
<p>I write down every sample problem on the left side of the paper, and write down the work on the right side. That way, when the test/quiz comes around, I can just cover up the right side of my paper and re-do all of my sample problems.</p>
<p>I don’t take notes…</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>My teacher just writes everything she says on the board, so I listen to, see and rewrite everything she says. And sometimes I still don’t get what’s going on- so I don’t think I can give you very good note-taking advice :P</p>
<p>Make sure you understand what’s going on before you write stuff down, but you should definitely make sure you get stuff down. That being said, I never actually took notes in high school so take my advice with however much salt you want.</p>
<p>IMO, copy down the formulas and definitions and just listen for the rest (Absorb the information not just stare blindly into space). You learn most of your math through applying the formulas/laws to practice problems.</p>
<p>I take notes in outline style for every class. In math, the outline is less clear, but I make clear headings and divide the content into small sections. Taking notes usually consisted of writing down a few important facts/definitions and formulas, and then doing the examples with the teacher. I usually didn’t copy down the examples he did (there were similar ones in the book), but I did do all of the problems we did together as a class. This was for Pacesetters (problem-based honors trig and honors precal)</p>
<p>Notes in math don’t work. I just practice problems.</p>
<p>I don’t take notes, I buy a review book.</p>
<p>This is how I do it for history classes:
Read the entire textbook</p>
<p>Then read that section of the review book</p>
<p>Or in opposite order, depending on the abstruseness of the material.</p>
<p>Why would you take notes when you can buy them? They’ll be better, too.</p>
<p>I don’t understand kids who takes notes on a ten page section. Just read the textbook… (Although that was last year in 9th grade Honors Biology, I no longer have sections that short…)</p>
<p>No, Saugus you are right.</p>
<p>Reading the textbook (preferably twice) is the best way to study for a social science class.</p>
<p>no notes taking in math, except maybe in ap stats. But anything that is computational mathematics, like calculus, no notes.</p>
<p>Social science - I take notes.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Heh, good luck in college.</p>
<p>Some scrap of paper I generally lose and will never look at if I ever do keep it somehow. </p>
<p>I prefer taking notes with my laptop. Legible typing beats scribbles anyday for me.</p>
<p>For math classes specifically I typically write down any main concepts/theorems accompanied by problems. Usually making notes on the side on some thought processes that go along with it. Also warnings of common mistakes or things not to do.</p>
<p>Although in college I probably plan on using a laptop. I typically use Google Docs for classes like CompSci right now. Although I’m not sure how one would do so for classes like math. Maybe LaTeX or something…</p>
<p>I use to keep great notes until I started taking AP history courses. The only thing I do is read the text book and a review book. All the tests are AP styled and the teacher doesn’t put his input or things he teaches. In a way all the tests are objective and clear of teaching bias. I have a note book for the class but it only has main ideas, not extensive at all. So for this class I feel notes are a waste and I can’t really take them because my teacher is horrendous and does not have a plan for the class. By sticking to the material and reading it and comprehending it I do awesome on the tests and thats all that matters for those types of classes. But my chemistry class is strictly notes and they are really extensive. So basically I think note taking varies in different classes.</p>
<p>How to take notes in my math class:</p>
<p>Sleep.</p>
<p>I still get A’s</p>
<p>Not everyone’s math teachers give them free A’s for doing no work, porkperson.</p>
<p>I do all my notes in outline form, paraphrasing what is on the board and writing down important things the teacher stresses.</p>
<p>Math class - I basically only write down definitions and any formulas I have to know. Haha</p>