The document provides tips for effective note-taking. It recommends using a laptop or pen and paper for note-taking. It also suggests preparing for lectures by doing readings and reviewing previous notes. During lectures, the key is writing only the main points, examples, and questions. After lectures, it is important to review and clarify notes, then synthesize them into an outline. Different note-taking styles like outlining, mind mapping, charting, and Cornell style are presented for students to find what works best for them. The overall message is that note-taking is about studying and learning the material.

1. notetaking
Be more EFFICIENT and more EFFECTIVE

2. note-taking tools

3. Note-Taking Tools
Laptop
Use a note-taking program
Evernote
OneNote
Learn to type (faster)
Become familiar with keyboard shortcuts
Use text expander programs

4. Note-taking tools
Pen and Paper
Notebook for each class
Write clearly

5. before, during, after
The process of note-taking & studying

6. prepare

7. before the lecture: prepare
 Do the assigned reading
 Arrive 10 minutes before class and review
the assigned reading and notes from the
previous class
 Turn off wi-fi card or block the internet

8. what to write down

9. During the Lecture: What to
Write Down
 Only write down the main points of the
lecture
 Write the professor’s summary at the end
of class and her review at the beginning of
the next class
 Write down any examples or hypotheticals
the professor gives during class
 If you didn’t get a point, make a note of
it, and wait until after class to ask

10. review, clarify, synthesize

11. After the Lecture: Review,
Clarify, and Synthesize
Review and clarify notes right after class
Synthesize notes into a master outline

12. note-taking styles
one that works for YOU

13. Note-Taking Styles I
Rough Outline Method

14. Note-taking styles II
 Mind Mapping

15. mind mapping

16. Note-taking styles III
Charting Method

17. Note-Taking Styles III (Charting)
This thing
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
This OTHER thing
 1a
 2a
 3a
 4a
 5a
 6a

18. Note-Taking Styles IV
Cornell Style Notes
Divide your page into two columns
During the lecture, write your notes in
the “Notes” column
After the lecture, write keywords in the
“Keywords” column
Test your recall using only the
“Keyword” column
Write a brief summary

19. Cornell Style Notes REPEATED
LEARNING the material

20. note-taking

21. note-taking is really about
studying and learning