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System for Effective Listening and Notetaking
BEFORE CLASSYou can think about 4 TIMES FASTER than a lecturer can speak.
Effective LISTENING requires the expenditure of energy; to compensate for the rate of presentation, you have to acively intend to listen.
NOTETAKING is one way to enhance listening, and using a systematic approach to the taking and reviewing of your notes can add immeasurably to your understanding and remembering the content of lectures.
- Develop a mind-set geared toward listening.
- Test yourself over the previous lecture while waiting for the next one to begin.
- Skim relevant reading assignments to aquaint yourself with main ideas, new technical terms, etc.
- Do what you can to improve physical and mental alertness(fatigue, hunger; time of day, where you sit in the classroom may affect motivation).
- Choose notebooks that will enhance your systematic notetaking: A separate notebook with full-sized pages is recommended for each course. You might wish to mark off the pages into one of the formats shown at the end of this page.
- INTEND TO
LISTEN.
- DURING CLASS
- Listen for the structure and information in the lecture.
- Resist distractions, emotional reactions, or boredom.
- Be consistent in your use of form, abbreviation, etc.
- Pay attention to speaker for verbal, postural, and visual clues to what's important.
- Label important points and organizational clues: main points, examples.
- When possible translate the lecture into your own words, but, if you can't, don't let it worry you into inattention!
- If you feel you don't take enough notes, divide your page into 5 sections and try to fill each part every 10 minutes (or work out your own formula).
- Ask questions if you don't understand.
- Instead of
closing your notebook early and getting ready to leave, listen
carefully to information given toward the end of class; summary
statements may be of particular value in highlighting main points;
there may be possible quiz questions, etc.
- AFTER CLASS
- Clear up any questions raised by the lecture by asking either the teacher or classmates.
- Fill in missing points or misunderstood terms from text or other sources.
- Edit your notes, labeling main points, adding recall clues and questions to be answered. Key points in the notes can be highlighted with different colors of ink.
- Make note of your
ideas and reflections, keeping them separate from those of the
speaker.
- PERIODICALLY
- Review your notes: Glance at your recall clues and see how much you can remember before rereading the notes.
- Look for the emergence of themes, main concepts, methods of presentation over the course of several lectures.
- Make up and
answer possible test questions.
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