Preparing a
note while receiving lectures is an important skill, however schools does not
provide such training of preparing lecture notes, and this can be a serious
disadvantage for students who are pursuing some professional courses or
studying in colleges. Students have to attend long lectures and it’s a good
habit to prepare notes of these lectures for fast and regular revision. Here
are some tips for students that how they should prepare effective notes-
1- Active
Listening – Active
listening means student understood whatever is conveyed in lecture, it involves
proper listening. Here are points
that student must follow to listen actively.
·
Listen for the main point and sub
points- Only writing of all the things discussed
in lecture is not enough, make sure that you have understood each and every
thing discussed in a lecture, and
try to write main points of the lecture
·
Listen for an organizational
structure- If the
lectures are in organized form with some outline, then try to grab these outlines and write down important points if possible
and try to understand in an organized professional manner.
·
Pay
attention to organizational cues – Try
to focus on important keywords and phrases. This will help you to understand tour topic easily and pay
some attention on the introduction of lecture, because it will help in
organizing your notes.
·
Listen with your eyes – Pay more attention to body gestures, eye contact and other body
language, it plays an important role to understand the topic conveyed in
lecture.
·
Remove Distraction – Keep you’re all the tensions, mobile
phone and other disturbing items far
away. These things will divert your mind from lecture and as a result you
have to sit with absent mind in your class.
2- Proper
techniques for writing lecture notes – Writing down of all the important information and notes
in an organized manner is essential during lecture classes. To write down these notes here are some
important techniques.-
·
First and most important thing is to
write down the date and topic of lecture- This will help you to remember some important incidence
happened during lecture and this is a useful trick to study in such a organized
manner.
·
Learn to write quickly – Whatever is discussing in lecture,
write it quickly, Use of abbreviation and short form is necessary for writing
in a fast manner, because if you missed anything from writing, then it can have
some negative impact on your studies.
·
Write Down Definition – Write down the definition of important words which are difficult for you to
remember or understand.
·
Mark the important things – Mark the important topic or keyword
which the instructor instructed to copy, and it can be essential for exams
also.
·
If Lecturer is fast then ask him to
stop – If you are
unable to write because of lecturer fast dictation of topic then you can ask
him to stop and clarify the topic again.
3-
Reviewing your notes - It
is very important to review the notes that you have prepared. It will help you
to analyze your mistake and you will be able to find out the topics which you
cannot understand during lecture session. Here are some note reviewing tips-
·
Make friends and discuss your notes
with each other – It
is very important to discuss the notes with your friends and ensure that it
should be error free, this will help you to develop your study skills and you
will be able to find out your weak points.
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