1. Strategies for College Students
Ms. Dresnack has asked me to talk to you today about time management, and I’m happy to do that.
Let me first say what Time Management is NOT: It is not a set of random skills that I’m going to teach you.
Instead it is about…
Lecture Note Taking
Strategies for College Students

2. Lecture Note Taking
I am going to introduce you to a lecture note taking system that will ask you to adopt some new and strategies. The note taking strategies are based on research on how the brain learns and are designed to help you optimize your . We are more willing to adopt new behaviors if we know there will be a reward, such as improved grades, for doing so. Attaching new behaviors, in this case, a new note taking system, to your academic will motivate you. New behaviors may initially seem difficult but can become automatic over time.
behaviors
learning
goals
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3. Your Learning! Your Goals! Your Behaviors! Your Grades!
Lecture Note Taking
Your Goals!
Your Learning!
Your Behaviors!
Your Grades!
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4. Lecture Note Taking So we have to set goals,
Behaviors
Outcome
So we have to set goals,
Determine the behaviors we need to partake in to achieve the goals,
And imagine the outcome—which is the reward.
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5. Lecture Note Taking & Reading
Grades
So I want you to think about your grades and your GPA goal for the semester.

6. Lecture Note Taking & Reading
Grades
Semester Goals
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7. Note Taking Trivia
The average lecture contains _____ words. Average note takers record approximately __% of important ideas. Best note takers record approximately __% of important ideas. First year students record only __% of important ideas.
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8. Note Taking Trivia The average lecture contains 5,000 words.
Average note takers record approximately 40% of important ideas.
Best note takers record approximately 75% of important ideas.
First year students record only 11% of important ideas.
Sources available at the end of slide show.
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9. Lecture Note Taking
Why aren’t students taking notes or why do they take notes poorly?
Note taking will distract from listening.
Notes are unnecessary b/c material is in readings or on slides.
Never had to do it before.
Don’t know how.
But sometimes making time to learn & to study is frustrating.
topics are not all equally interesting
you may want to be doing other things
or you’re too busy right.
so…look at slide
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10. Lecture Note Taking Why Should Students Take Notes?
Note taking focus memorization.
Note taking helps increase your comprehension of information.
Taking notes helps us to sort and store information in a more organized fashion.
Note taking promotes retention of information.
Evidence from studies proves that using a note taking system improves test scores by a full letter grade (source Cohen, D., Kim, E., Tan, J., & Winkelmes, M. (2013) A note-restructuring intervention increases students’ exam scores. College Teaching, 61 (summer), )
But sometimes making time to learn & to study is frustrating.
topics are not all equally interesting
you may want to be doing other things
or you’re too busy right.
so…look at slide
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11. Lecture Note Taking
This note taking system encourages you to study daily and asks you to check your understanding of the material regularly.
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12. Before Class During Class After Class
Lecture Note Taking
Before Class
During Class
After Class
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13. Before Class Lecture Note Taking Do homework Review syllabi
Gather tools
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14. Lecture Note Taking
Before Class
Prepare Paper
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15. During Class Lecture Note Taking During Class Record notes
Write date and topic at the top of the page.
During Class
Take notes on right side of the page.
During Class
Record notes
Leave blank space
Write legibly
Abbreviate
Leave left column and bottom margin blank for now.
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16. During Class Lecture Note Taking Listen for patterns of organization
Time Sequence
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Concept/example
So now I want you to give you some time management tips that will help you achieve your goals. Let’s talk about Behaviors. #1…
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17. During Class Lecture Note Taking Listen for verbal cues.
Observe nonverbal cues.
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18. Lecture Note Taking
During Class
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19. After Class Lecture Note Taking Schedule study time to review notes
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20. After Class Lecture Note Taking Review Organize Clarify Amplify
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21. After Class Lecture Note Taking
Turn notes into questions & test yourself daily.
Retrieval moves information into long-term memory.
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22. Lecture Note Taking
After Class
Answer
Question
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23. Lecture Note Taking
After Class
Summarize
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24. Sources
Cohen, D., Kim, E., Tan, J., & Winkelmes, M. (2013) A note-restructuring intervention increases students’ exam scores. College Teaching, 61 (summer), )
Johnston, A.H. & Su, W.Y. (1994). Lectures—A learning experience? Education in Chemistry (May), 70-76
Kiewra, K.A. (2005). Learn how to succeed and SOAR to success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Kiewra, K.A. (1985). Providing the instructor’s notes: An effective addition to student notetaking. Educational Psychologist 20,
Kiewra (1985); Johnston & Su (1994); Potts, B. (1993). Improving the quality of student notes. ERIC Document Reproduction Services: ED ; Bligh, D.A. (2000). What’s the use of lecture? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Pauk, Walter (2000). Essential study strategies. Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing.
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