Surveying, Questioning, Listening
Taking accurate and concise lecture notes is
essential. Develop the habit of taking notes using appropriate methods
described earlier in the SQ3R technique. For example, when you listen to a
lecture, formulate questions as you listen. Your main job in taking lecture
notes is to be a good listener. To be a good listener, you must learn to
focus and concentrate on the main points of the lecture. Get them down, and
then later reorganize them in your own words. Once you have done this, you
have set the stage for successful reviewing and revising.
Reviewing and Revising
As you prepare for examinations, tests, or other
assessments, you should spend time reviewing and revising your lecture
notes. Begin the process by reviewing your notes right after a lecture. If
you wait too long, you may discover that the notes just don't make sense.
Don't hesitate to revise your notes based on the review process.
Research Notes
Any form of note-taking that requires compilation of
information by categories, rather than in narrative form is best done using
index cards. You can sort, edit and arrange index cards to suit your
particular study needs. The most important point in using cards is to
indicate the correct reference or topic at the top of the card. Use the
cards for study, review, to help organize information for papers, reports,
or projects. An even better idea, if you have a personal computer, is to
organize your categorical information in a database. Once you set it up,
finding, updating and adding new information is quite easy. If you have a
printer, you can print out your notes in a variety of ways.
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