When
taking notes in lectures, many different techniques can be employed to
effectively take note. Taking good notes in lectures is very helpful
because it helps to quickly understand things when it comes to revision
and study. Here are some common working tips when taking notes in
lectures:
1. Be attentive
Good
notes are made when one is attentive during lectures from start to
finish. When you are attentive during lectures, you follow the lecture
that all notes taken are in order of importance and coherent. This also
increases your tendency to understand the notes effectively during
revision and make sense of the entire topic covered.
2. Keywords Noting
In
a lecture topic, there are few (typically less than 5) key words.
Keywords are words that acquire repetitive usage in a lecture
topic/discussion. Make sure to take note of their definitions and
understand the application and relevance in the context as discussed.
They are the fundamental principle of the topic so get to understand
them.
3. Special Mentions
Pay
attention to special mentions in a lecture, special mentions is an
indication some significance. Special mentions are typically followed by
signals such as "Take note", "Important note", "note that", "note", "importantly", "don't forget", etc. Such addition stresses imply additional importance of the preceding statement and that must be noted.
4. Applications
Applications
of a particular topic must be noted as it is very important to
understand its practical application. Also in most tests and
examinations, application questions are common that theory and
definition. It also provides and in-depth understanding to the keywords
discussed.
5. Concluding Remark
Concluding
remarks basically summarizes the entire topic and it shall in all cases
be noted. As the conclusion, it runs a summary of all key points
discussed and restates the scope of the lecture.
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