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Emily Vargas

Five Classic Ways to Boost Your Note-Taking - 0 views

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shared by Emily Vargas on 29 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Divide your page into two columns. The left one
  • You're going to jot larger ideas in this column:
  • In the right column, you're going to take down as much information as possible
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  • Some versions of the Cornell system leave the last few lines on each page for summarizing the whole page
  • cover the detailed notes on the right and just examine the main points and new vocab
  • have pictures and tables—it's not necessarily organized
  • But unless you try it, you'll never know if it works better for you.
  • Color-code with different pens, pencils, and highlighters.
  • Trying some new shorthand is a really geeky way to slightly tweak your engravings and get you amped about taking notes again.
  • It's mostly based around removing unimportant letters and making complex letters easier to write quickly.P
  • you might try translating just some of your most-frequently used words into a shorthand "language" that takes less time to writ
  • Record your lectures
anonymous

Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes - 1 views

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shared by anonymous on 29 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Copying class notes after the fact is a time-consuming way to study for an exam, but it was the only thing that truly worked for me back in college.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 29 Sep 13
       
      This is the most effective way for me too, just reading over the notes and textbook just isn't enough studying to get me well prepared for a test. 
  • anonymous on 29 Sep 13
     
    Copying class notes after the fact is a time-consuming way to study for an exam, but it was the only thing that truly worked for me back in college
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