1. Notetaking Chunking

2. Definition Chunking is any meaningful group of items of information that we can remember as if it were a single item. A word is a chunk of letters. Experts organize information into much larger chunks. Beginners work with isolated bits. Example: learning to read, playing chess.

3. Magic 7 Theory Short term memory for recall (at least numbers) appears to develop with age. People 15 years of age or older can remember 7 chunks at a time. Example: 7493651 (7 separate items) 749-36-51 (3 chunks) Application to studying?

4. Chunks need meaning Compare: Five chunks: LS DTVF BIJ FKU SA

5. Compare to: LSD TV FBI JFK USA

6. Note taking is Chunking Taking notes organizes and chunks information.

7. Notes on Notes Note making does NOT interfere with remembering. It transfers information from short (working) memory to long term memory. If you recite/review your notes, you are 1 ½ times more likely to remember than if you don’t recite/review. No notes? Ninety-two percent of lecture is forgotten in a month.

8. Practice Chunking—Chapter 5 Frontier Free Silver Great Plains Sodbusters William Jennings Bryan Vaqueros Homesteaders Grange Cooperatives Long drive Populist party

9. Abbreviation Guidelines Use the first syllable and the first letter of the second syllable in words with common prefixes. Subject=subj. Individual=ind. Use only the first syllable of the word. Lib. is open late on Thurs. Leave out periods F.B.I.= FBI

10. Abbreviation Guidelines Eliminate vowels in a word. Vwls=vowels Eliminate the final letters of the word Association=assoc. Biology=biol. Information=info Chemical=chem

11. Abbreviation Guidelines Proper nouns=Write out completely the first time, putting abbreviation after the name. Mrs. Brandstetter (B) Use abbreviation in the rest of notes Mrs. B teaches 1-6 hrs. Plural? Add “S” to abbreviation Chapters=chapt’s Use an apostrophe for omitted letters Government=gov’t Amount=am’t Helping=help’g

12. Common Abbreviations And& Withw/ Withoutw/o Beforeb4 Exampleex Definitiondef. One, two,1,2 BeB YouU Becauseb/c

13. Therefore.. Percent% Pagespgs Less than< Greater than> Is, equal= AreR To2 At@

14. Translate Fnsh wkst by Fri. Stud’s w/ good grades R > likely 2 get into coll. The Great Plains (GP) were deserted b/c weather =bad. Joe is go’g 2 store 4 mom. White ppl hurt Mex who were liv’g in SW. Exodusters left S 4 W. Dawes Act=wanted 2 assimilate NA’s.

15. Practice 1. Three students are going to work at McDonalds. 2. Therefore, the answer is five. 3. Read pages 76-89 before Friday. 4. Seventy-six percent of students do well in school. 5. Do you eat beans with bacon? 6. Protons, neutrons, and electrons can be confusing.