Tuesday, 4 July 2017

TAKING EFFECTIVE NOTES




TIME: 8.00 – 10.00 IN THE MORNING

DATE: 21th JUNE 2017

PLACE: DEWAN AL BIRUNI 2

BY: MISS NUR SURIA MAT SETAMAM
(LECTURER OF BIOLOGY)

        On this third week , Miss Nur Suria Mat Setamam as a biology lecturer and known as “Miss 
Sun” the one who presented to us about taking effective notes for 2 hours. We have been studying 
very effective ways for note-taking strategies, note-taking exersice using the Cornell Method and why
notes are great importance to us. Before the class started, Sir Naim gave an explanation about one 
assignment involving 40% marks for us. We need a group of 10 members and required to create a
video of the five most important places in the UiTM .


NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES

MEANS WRITING DOWN IDEAS FROM LECTURERS OR READING IN OUR OWN WORDS.

MISS SUN HAVE BEEN GIVING ENOUGH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUESTION 

BELOW:   
                                            
1.      WHY TAKE NOTES HELPS US?

à PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS.

à STUDY FOR FINAL/QUIZ.

à IMPROVE MEMORY.

à TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IDEAS.

à LECTURES TEST STUDENTS ON HOW WE CAPTURED GIVEN INFORMATION.

à ORGANIZE OR PROCESS DATA AND INFORMATION.

2.      WHY REVIEW NOTES?

  •  LOSE 80% OF WHAT WE HEAR IT IF IT’S NOT REVIEWS WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
  • IDENTIFY QUESTION FOR PEERS , NEXT CLASS OR ASK LECTURER.
  • THERE’S NO ENOUGH TIME TO ABSORB ALL THE INFO.
3.      WHY RECAPTURED NOTES AFTER CLASS?

Ø  BETTER THAN RECOPYING

(AN EXCELLENT TEST-PREPARATION STRATEGY; DIGESTING,REPHRASING)   


                                  
  1. HOW DO WE TAKE NOTES?
  -- DATE/LABEL . 

  --GIVE OURSELVES SPACE TO WRITE.
 
  --USE OUR OWN LANGUANGE.
              
  --USE AN OUTLINE TO SHOW;MAIN IDEAS,SUPPORTS,EXAMPLES

  --USE ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS.   
       
!! (IMPORTANT)           ?? (NOT CLEAR)
      
* (ON TEST)                       @ (LOOK UP)


  1. WHILE TAKING NOTES
--BE AN AGGRESSIVE (ASK QUESTION) IF NOT JOT DOWN AND SEEK OUT

--NOT A PASSIVE, LISTENER


  1. MOOD OF LECTURER
--CAN CHANGE SO “OBSERVATION” IS THE KEY


  1. KEY ACTIONS TO NOTE AS YOU OBSERVE
--BE ALERT TO REPETITION (MAKE A NOTE)

--WATCH THE BOARD

--NOTICE THE INSTRUCTION, INTEREST LEVEL; EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKELY TO BE ON EXAM

--LET GO OF JUDGEMENTAL ABOUT LECTURE STYLES

SOMETHING TIPS TO HELP WHEN INSTRUCTOR IS NOT TOO INTERESTING

v  SIT IN FRONT OF THE ROOM
v  PAY ATTENTION TO THE ACT OF WRITING
v  ASK QUESTIONS
  
NOTE-TAKING EXERSICE USING
THE CORNELL METHOD

      (1)      COURSE                   NAME                             DATE
KEYPOINTS
(SHORTFORM)
NOTES






         SUMMARY(CONCLUSION)

(2) OUTLINING

(3) MAPPING METHOD

(4) SENTENCE METHOD – NOT REALLY RECOMMENDED

(5) TWO COLUMNS METHOD
               
              NAME
              DATE
            KEYWORDS
             DESCRIPTION




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