Taking High Quality Notes

Main ideas and specific titles are important to include in your notes, but dates are unnecessary.▫️

Using symbols (%, $, #, etc.) can make it easier to take notes.

When attempting to study for her next Science exam, Alma cannot arrange her notes into the correct order. What has Alma forgotten to do?

An abbreviation is a shortened form of an entire word.

All cattle and barn animals should be fed [_____________________]

Students should predict the headings for their notes because a teacher is not likely to give any clues as to what the main ideas are during a lecture.

w/o water mammals will die [_____________________]

Which is the BEST abbreviation for the "Laws of Gravity" so that it can be clearly identified when studying from your notes?

Reviewing notes from a previous class will not help you take notes in a future class.

"I expect you to..." is an example of a signal statement.

Urban areas have high populations and extensive resources. Most urban areas are considered to be metropolitan. The opposite of urban is rural.▫️

A notes organizer can be simple or complex, as long as the user understands how it works.

What might happen if a student does not seek clarification about information they are unsure of?

Which of the following is not one of the five major areas to include in your notes organizer?

The subject of the lecture will affect the way a student takes notes.

Approximately how many sentences should your Summary contain?

A textbook can be a useful source when seeking the answers to the questions from your notes organizer.

Underlining words and highlighting dates are part of a student's personal note taking key.

Sarah is having trouble studying from her notes. She is using a notes organizer, but she is still having difficulties identifying main ideas and vocabulary words. Sarah would benefit from _____.

In the lecture, the first supporting detail, which defines Science, is▫️

Knowing how to develop an outline well is very easy, and most students can create quality outlines in one attempt.

Main ideas are not identified within an outline.

An example signal statement is

It is very important to stick to a strict outlining format so you know what is important to study.

Outlining your notes can be done before, during or after information is presented.

Geography Notes I. The World .A. Continents of the World . .1. Africa Africa [______________________________________________]

Geography Notes I. The World .A. Continents of the World . .1. Africa The World [______________________________________________]

Geography Notes I. The Eastern Hemisphere .A. Africa . .1. Much of Africa is wilderness . . a) 25% of Africa is not inhabited Much of Africa is wilderness [__________________]

Sequential means "in order".

Taking notes allows your mind to wander, but still capture important information.

When reading, what should you look for first?▫️

Identifying vocabulary definitions [_________________]

Stop to review information that is unclear [_________________]

Address information asked by your teacher [_________________]

Use an outline to answer your questions [_________________]

Provides purpose to your reading [_________________]

What should you do when you find the answers to your questions as you are reading?

Kayla should look over the Science chapter's headings, vocabulary and summaries before she attempts to begin taking notes.

The Q in SQRW stands for Quiet: find a quiet place to read.

Answers to your questions should be written in which format?

The S in SQRW stands for

Graphic organizers may help you better understand information you wrote down in your notes.▫️

How many categories should Jane use to track multiple levels of information learned through a student survey on teachers at her school?

Using a graphic organizer may bring deeper meaning to the information you are trying to learn.

Anton needs to identify the eight different scoring statistics for all the players on his school's basketball team. Which graphic organizer would be best for this assignment?

A graphic organizer can be used for

A graphic organizer is a visual representation.

A graphic organizer can

A Venn diagram is a graphic organizer.

A Venn diagram is best used for

To "synthesize" means to compare and contrast information.

A timeline is not a graphic organizer.▫️

To understand the progression of the technology used in our time, a cause and effect graphic organizer would be best.

Why are cause and effect graphic organizers useful?

It takes an artistic touch to create a meaningful timeline.

Timelines show events

A timeline may help you understand how a President came to run for public office.

Graphic organizers

Graphic organizers bring new meaning to information.

A flowchart identifies the order of events.

To synthesize means to form new information by combining parts or elements of other information.