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Effective Note-Taking Guide for Students

Learn how to take concise and effective text notes, utilize textbooks and online resources, and enhance your understanding of key concepts. Don't fall behind in readings, annotate notes, and clarify any confusion promptly.

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Effective Note-Taking Guide for Students

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  1. Suggestions on Taking Text Notes

  2. Take notes on what you read! • A. Recall the key questions: Who, What, When, Where, How, why? • B. Textbooks have built in structures: Headings, subheadings, bolded terms, etc. Use them! • C. Textbooks have websites with prepared outlines: • APG: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/wtp5e/

  3. Taking Text Notes • D. Download notes, and key terms review sheet READ THEM FIRST, then read assignment. • If you use these notes as your own – • ANNOTATE THEM. • This means underline key things in them as your read, add your own notes, etc. In short, make them YOUR notes.

  4. Don't fall behind in textbook reading! • Read a little every night, take what notes you can. Some are always better than none. • Use the pre-written notes as you read. • If you don't understand , ask about it ASAP!

  5. Don't just skip over words/terms you don't understand • Re-read, break out a dictionary, check context, ask the teacher! • Same thing in class. If he or she says something that confuses you - GET UNCONFUSED ASAP!

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