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Professor Havel's powerpoint from the College Success Seminar @ HACC 2014
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What is a “note” ?A “note” is the reduction of information into understandable and manageable form as a
reminder of things already understood.
CALENDAR
MONDAY 4th
Today I have to drive to the dentist office on Biglerville Road to get a cleaning and check-up of my teeth. My appointment is at 1:00 pm.
WRONG
CALENDAR
MONDAY 4th
Dent. 1 pm (cleaning)
CORRECT
26 WORDS 3 WORDS
at the College Level
Requirement: hard work
Preparation
Note-taking
Follow-up
WILLINGNESS TO WORK HARDWILLINGNESS TO WORK HARD
Desire to Desire to mastermaster the the materialmaterial
Appropriate study settingAppropriate study setting
Plan of attackPlan of attack
Budgeting your timeBudgeting your time
Read a chapter just ONCE to master it
Develop a system of effective note-taking
Prior to Reading/Note-takingBrowse through the chapter (day 1)
Look at topic headings, sub-topic headings Look at any charts, graphs, maps, etc. Look at any pictures and read the captions Look at any “end of chapter” information
Summaries Footnotes, bibliography Review questions
FINALLY—Read the chapter “introduction” carefully
At this point: Do you have a good idea of what the chapter is about ?
You’ll start to read and take notes on day 2
A “NOTE”
IS NOTHING MORE THAN A
REMINDER
TO OURSELELVES
OF SOMETHING
IMPORTANT
Note to self: Remove this slide before making any presentations.
Paris Hilton
“Bite” it off in small chunks
Take breaks !
Use Use few wordsfew words
Do notDo not use complete use complete sentencessentences
Take notes in Take notes in your own your own wordswords
Whenever possible—
Make lists
from the reading
“…and checking it twice” !
CHAPTER TITLE (and pages in text)NOTES ON CHAPTER INTRODUCTION
(Label it “Intro”)
TOPIC (and sub-topic) HEADINGS
--USE INDENTATIONS !!!!!!
--UNDERLINE or “BOX” all headings
Write it down
Look for the “topic sentence” and note it
Take summary notes for each paragraph
Take detailed notesTake “side-bar” notes
Shrthnd (shorthand)?
Develop your own system of “shorthand”Use: • underlining, double underling• Boxes, circles• parenthesis• stars, double stars• arrows• abbrev. wherever poss. on ass. (38% less work here)
to connect ideas or facts elsewhere on your page of notes
To highlight something important Or a topic heading
SAMPLEPAGE OFNOTES
QUESTIONS (How long will it take you to answer these?)
1. In what century was there a “little ice age” ?
2. Approximately what percentage of Europeans died from the resulting famine?
3. Which of the following was not a result of the “little ice age” ?
A. Increased infant mortality
B. Lower birth rate
C. Mass migration out of Europe
D. More disease like the plague
4. (T or F) In the mid-14th century three-fourths of the population died from the plague.
5. What effect did the plague have on labor?
Once you have completed your notesOnce you have completed your notes for a section, can you for a section, can you
► Readily Readily describedescribe in general terms what it was about? in general terms what it was about?
► Easily Easily spot key informationspot key information in your notes? in your notes?
► Easily Easily find names, dates, vocabularyfind names, dates, vocabulary terms in your terms in your notes?notes?
► Easily Easily find examplesfind examples of things pointed out in the of things pointed out in the text?text?
If you can do all of the above---If you can do all of the above---Then you are on you way to mastering the materialThen you are on you way to mastering the material
VERY IMPORTANT
DO YOU HAVE A
DICTIONARYAT YOUR SIDE AS
YOU READ ?
Let’s practice…
EXAM QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following was NOT an agent of British Industrialization?
A. British industrial secretsB. Talented entrepreneursC. Foreign capitalD. Government
2. Which of the following was an example of a talented German entrepreneur ?
A. William CockrillB. Fritz HarkortC. Thomas EdisonD. Kaiser Wilhem I
3. TRUE or FALSE ? Banks played no role in
the industrialization of Europe.
IDEALLY--IDEALLY--
Finish your note-takingFinish your note-taking
At least 3 daysAt least 3 days
prior to the examprior to the exam
1. Bite it off in small chunks2. Take breaks3. Use few words—develop your own “shorthand”4. Organize each page of notes—is it easy to spot information?5. Do not write in complete sentences6. Take notes in your own words7. If content includes “examples”, make note of these8. Make lists9. Review constantly10. Talk to yourself as you take notes
Remember:“Staring”
at your notes
is not the same
thing as
“active studying”
AT THE NEXT SESSION WE WILL LOOK AT SOME
ACTIVE STUDYING HINTS
and EXAM STRATEGIES
By diligently following these steps
• Your confidence level will increase !
• Your grades will improve !