Note Taking

Top Ten Tips on Note-taking Don't write down every word. ... Decide what is important. ... Be an active listener/reader. Use symbols and abbreviations. ... Use colours. ... Revise your notes as soon as possible. ...

Revisiting your notes helps you pull together the ideas you have recorded, so you can make cross-links with earlier study. It aids your memory too. Taking notes from speech · Mind maps · Organising your notes · Tables

Important Note-Taking Skills · Writing brief statements · Highlighting key points · Including abbreviations · Removing unnecessary details.

This handout will discuss the importance of note-taking, qualities of good notes, and tips for becoming a better note-taker.

This video provides four approaches to creating notes: linear written notes, annotated slides, mind maps and an introduction to the Cornell note-taking method. Note-taking applications · Outline method · Cornell method · Sentence metho

Note-taking skills refer to your ability to record important information accurately and concisely so that you can recall it correctly later.

Take note of the key information such as main ideas, supporting details and examples, dates, names and important connections between information.

Strategies for effective note-taking: Concentrate and pay attention. Arrive prepared to actively listen and learn, and to think critically.

Techniques and Tips. Write phrases, not full sentences. Only record the key words that you need to get the idea of the point.