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A good strategy of note taking in class will pay off in terms of effectiveness and time savings.

The keys to good note taking are the five "R's" from the Cornell Notetaking System (Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH):

Record * Reduce * Recite * Reflect * Review

You can develop your own system based on a few elementary strategies:

  • Get a good loose leaf notebook.
    This will enable you to add, delete, and re-sequence pages and materials.

  • Develop an organizational system; include

    1. headings, the date, even the number of the class (e.g. 3/34)

    2. any guest speakers' names, including your fellow students' contributions

    3. a system of "sections" to organize your notes
      Leave plenty of white space for additions

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    Think in terms of three main sections:

    1. A central space for
      identifying the main points
      capturing the main ideas
      not quoting the lecturer (if you want to quote someone, bring a tape recorder if it is permitted)

    2. a marginal space for
      editing or annotating       what you have written,
      linking information from the text or other sources,
      adding definitions

    3. a "condensing" or summary section

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