1. The Research Process Topic Subtopics Sources Read/Think/Select Notetake Sort & Number Notes Putting the pieces together.

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3. Let’s focus on: Notetaking

4. Concepts to consider: What is a note? What is the purpose of notes? What makes a note “good”? What do good notes look like? How can I take good notes? Notetake

5. It’s new! It’s information that your brain has never known before. It’s short! It’s a simple key It’s important! It’s information that supports the topic and subtopics. What is a note? that unlocks lots of ideas and information. Notetake

6. When information changes form…learning occurs! Notetaking is therefore a doorway to: Information ownership prevents: plagiarism! Author’s information notes YOUR information! What is the purpose of notes? information ownership. Notetake During notetaking, information changes form twice: from source to notes…from notes to writing.

7. “What is the purpose of notes?” When first starting research, a student might ask, To empower the student, the instructor can ask, “Is this a good note?” Notetake

8. When combined with prior knowledge and lots of good reading, good notes directly contribute to good writing. For example: Yes, if it cues you to fluent writing. For example, here is the sentence that could be written: The artist was born in 1475, and when he died in 1564 at 89 years old, he was probably a very old man at that time in history. What makes a note “good”? Is this a good note? Notetake

9. Let’s change a “bad” note: Van Gogh’s paintings of Provencal sunflowers, like blazing circles of energy and joy, will surely remain his most popular and inspiring images. paintings -- Provencal sunflowers-- blazing circles energy, joy -- remain -- most popular, inspiring images …to a “good” note:,, Notetake

10. With a really good note, juicy sentences … fly from your head! Notetake

11. your brain is tied up…with nowhere to go! With a really bad note, What did that note say? Notetake

12. Notes should LOOK like notes! One note per card, or per line or two on a note sheet. Record only important keywords, phrases, or facts. No small words such as: a, an, and, the, is, was. Abbreviate large words. No beginning capitals (except names) or ending periods. Connect related facts with commas or dashes. DON’T copy sentences without quotes/endnotes. Title each note card or note sheet with a subtopic. What do good notes look like? Notetake

13. Kinds of Good Notes With overhead projector or interactive white board, your instructor can demonstrate examples of what good notes look like: Keyword note Quoted note (needs accurate citation) List note Summarized or paraphrased note Notetake

14. Too brief Keyword Note Fat and juicy Notetake

15. live in burrows Keyword Notes (example) burrows: warm in winter, cool in summer— protection from predators Topic: prairie dogs, Subtopic: habitat Instructor can demonstrate how to make a “juicy” note. Skinny and boring note: Fat and juicy note: Notetake

16. List Note Related (and short) facts or phrases are joined by commas:,,,,, and, Instructor can demonstrate a list note example. Notetake

17. Quoted Note In his studies of prisms and light, Newton found that… Instructor points out requirements for citing quotations: quotation marks and endnote. “…sunlight is a mixture of all colors. [I] passed a beam of sunlight through a glass prism and studied the colors that were produced.” Margaret C. Jacob, 1999. Notetake

18. Look for visual cues in sources including: Where do I find good notes? Book’s table of contents or index Encyclopedia’s bold subheadings Web site’s subheads, hotlinks, or bullets Notetake

19. highlight what’s important with your brain. In print sources such as books or encyclopedias, highlight what’s important with the mouse. Sir Isaac Newton Isaac Newton is perhaps the best known Renaissance scientist today, living between 1642 and 1727. We think of gravity, celestial mechanics, and calculus when we think of him. He certainly did develop the calculus by building upon the ideas of Fermat and Barrow (the person whose chair he took when he went to Cambridge). But he was not alone in developing calculus (see next). And his focus was really one of mechanics - how do bodies move. His focus was always on motion and is reflected in the terminology he chose for calculus - what we call "derivatives", he called "fluxions". Author: Dan Thomas email: Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 1996Dan Thomas In nonprint sources such as Internet Web sites, How can I take good notes? Notetake

20. Now you try it! Notetake