1. 1 Listening & Note Taking Listening & Note Taking Created by: Professor Minnis English 1A Delta College

2. 2 What is your lecture strategy? Consider the following Answer “yes” or “no”

3. 3 Making the Best of Lecture Time

4. 4 1. Prepare for class (3 steps) a) Review class notes b) Read textbook c) Do practice problems

5. 5 2. Attend your classes!

6. 6 Showing up to class is not enough!

7. 7 Want to know a secret on how to make good class notes?

8. 8 3. Active Listening Intend to listen Concentrate = effort Develop interest/relevance Ask Qs (yourself and teacher):  What’s the point?  How does this new info relate to you and past info?  Is this true? Why?

9. 9 Barriers to Effective Listening

10. 10 1. Tuning out? Heard it before Difficult Preoccupied Tired Bored Differing opinions

11. 11 Strategy? Become engaged! Question yourself Question the instructor Find relevance Make info personal

12. 12 2. Distractions? How to deal? Internal External

13. 13 Best Listening Habits Do not relax Take care of distractions Listen for main ideas Listen before taking notes Anticipate direction of lecture Learn to listen to difficult material and/or teachers Practice listening

14. 14 Note-Taking

15. 15 5 R’s of Note-taking Record Reflect Reduce Recite Review

16. 16 Cornell Method Reduce to key words for review In class notes Subject: History of Science, April 25, 2002 Vaccination – History and Significance Vaccination – Definition? Function? Origin? Turkey = ingrafting 1717 Lady M.W. Montagu Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease. Originated in Turkey – called ingrafting Relayed to Britain 1717 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu DATE Page # Lesson Title

17. 17 Efficient and Effective Notes Thorough = all main ideas Concise Visually appealing Clear connections Legible handwriting Symbols and abbreviations

18. 18 Use Pictures

19. 19 Smoking Teens Adults The environment Tobacco companies Influences Health concerns Concerns for children Health concerns Influences Landfill issues pollution Profit/ loss Marketing Tobacco growers Income Farm business

20. 20 Note-taking = Dictation Note-taking: writing complete ideas Dictation: writing complete sentences

21. 21 Dictation: Examples History 1002 meets 2 days a week from 10:00 am to 10:50 am. Hist 1002 - 2 d/wk 10 – 11 am Notes:

22. 22 Take notes: Keys to green env. 1- ed. public 2- inc. tech. 3- recycle Three keys to green environment – educate public, improve techno., and help increase demand for recycling.

23. 23 Use headings and space. Gas Use -Factors Europe U.S Less good hwys More $$ cheap gas More trains auto ind. +pub transp. oil comp.

24. 24 Use: CAPITAL LETTERS BOXES underline

25. 25 Use Symbols and Abbreviations Mr = ! &bc Mrs % w/ ‹ pop › & #  w/o x decinc

26. 26 Get the BIG PICTURE! What’s the speaker’s main point? What does s/he want you to learn?

27. 27 Now let’s change sentences into ideas...

28. 28 Change dictation into notes: Studies on worldwide literacy rates show that almost 80 percent of the world’s population over the age of 15 is now literate. This includes more women than ever before.

29. 29 WW literacy rates - ~ 80% of world pop, 15+ yrs = literate - more women now

30. 30 Make lecture notes: “IQ Tests” There are many types of IQ tests, some better than others. These tests are given by licensed psychologists who receive special training in how to administer the tests and interpret results. IQ tests can be given from two years of age through adulthood, with most children taking them from ages five through twelve. Many IQ tests today are biased toward mathematical, logical, and linguistic forms of reasoning rather than creative and spatially-oriented types of reasoning.

31. 31 Make lecture notes: “IQ Tests” IQ Tests -given by psych. (training: test and interpret) -2 yrs < IQ < adult; typically = 5 yrs < IQ < 12 yrs -biased! (math, logic, language)

32. 32 Remember Use: Key words* Rewrite notes Space Headings* Practice! Abbrev. & Get big picture