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Taking Notes During Class

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Students seem to understand how to take notes

from a professor who lectures from an outline
and often writes points on the board or power
points.

It seems like a more challenging process to take

notes from a class discussion. Of course each
discussion can go in a different direction, but
there are some basic points to keep in mind
regarding discussion notes.

1. Pay attention to your faculty member. If

there are points that they hear a student
share and then elaborate upon, that means
they probably thought there was something
"meaty" there; take notes on it and look it up
after class if you didn't recall that section of
material.
2. Try to keep track of trends in the discussion;
points or aspects of the work that are
repeatedly brought up in different ways. It
might be indicating the importance of a
section of work and if you had not focused on
it previously, you might want to review it.
3. Make a mark in your notes beside those
comments that come from a professor vs. a
peer. That might be helpful when you are
studying.
4. Take time after class to reorganize your
thoughts, write out more complete sentences
or look for a pattern in the flow of material
discussed. Ideally this is done within an hour
of class to help the memory process.

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