TOPIC 5: TAKING LECTURE NOTES

Why takes lecture notes?

1. promotes active listening

2. accurate record of information

3. opportunity to interpret,condense and organize information.

4. opportunity for repitition of the material

How to take lecturer note :

• By READ the text assignment before class : because it will allow us to :

1. build up some background about the topic
2. have some idea about what the lecture is about
3. identify main ideas of the lecture and organize our notes easier
4. be familiar with the key terms and names related to the topic.

in lecture room -> GET READY -> sit infront (hear and see better) -> feel motivated because another good student sit with you -> review notes before class started.

Become an active listener.

Strategies for improving listening skills.

• read the text assignment before the lecture
• review last set of notes
• sit in the lecturer ‘s line of vision
• decide what you want to listen
• focus your attention by sitting up and making eye contact with the speaker
• eliminta or avoid distraction
• be open minded
• control emotional responses
• listen to main point and related details and take notes
• ask and answer question
• monitor your listening. check with lecturer or classmate if unsure of some of the information.

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Cornell Note Taking Method

Note Taking Area: Record lecture as fully and as meaningfully as possible.

Cue Column: As you’re taking notes, keep cue column empty. Soon after the lecture, reduce your notes to concise jottings as clues for Reciting, Reviewing, and Reflecting.

Summaries: Sum up each page of your notes in a sentence or two.

This format provides the perfect opportunity for following through with the 5 R’s of note-taking:

• Record
  During the lecture, record in the main column as many meaningful facts and ideas as you can. Write legibly.
• Reduce
  As soon after as possible, summarize these facts and ideas concisely in the Cue Column. Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships, reinforces continuity, and strengthens memory.
• Recite
  Cover the Note Taking Area, using only your jottings in the Cue Column, say over the facts and ideas of the lecture as fully as you can, not mechanically, but in your own words. Then, verify what you have said.
• Reflect
  Draw out opinions from your notes and use them as a starting point for your own reflections on the course and how it relates to your other courses. Reflection will help prevent ideas from being inert and soon forgotten.
• Review
  Spend 10 minutes every week in quick review of your notes, and you will retain most of what you have learned.

Adapted from How to Study in College 7/e by Walter Pauk, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Company

SOURCE : https://www.umfk.edu/learning-center/studying-tips/notes/

What to include in your notes :

1. Discussion classes : write the question that’s posed. Then jot down the various points that are made during the discussion.
2. Math and Science Classes : write the problem on the left side of the note page.
3. Powerpoint presentation : use the heading and subheading in the powerpoint to organize notes and listen to what lecturer says about the slide and take notes.
4. Online lecture notes : take notes in class is very important because we can actively engaged in class. Also, we can easily organize our material and put information in our way.

Reviewing Notes :

1. Recite from the heading : read all the information and then recall the point by looking only at the heading and then check whether you missing something.
2. Recite from the Recall Question : when we know all the information in our notes, use the recall question to test our memory.
3. Talk about the information with others : Putting the information in our own words and explaining it to others.

 

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM 

Defnition :

1. an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author.

2. a piece of writing or other work reflecting such unauthorized use or imitation

   source : https://www.dictionary.com/browse/plagiarism

Preventing plagiarism

A- Planning your paper

1. Consult our lecturer.
2. Plan our Paper  : include other source of information in your paper, balance between the ideas taken from other sources and your own ideas.
3. Take effective notes : taking through notes of all the sources, record bibliographic information or web addressesses for every source.

B-Writing your Paper

1. Cite Resources
2. Make it clear who said what.
3. Know how to pharaphrase.
4. Evaluate Resources
5. Include a reference page.