Note-Taking

Lesson 3 :

Note taking = Dictation

Note taking is writing complete ideas.

Dictation is writing complete sentences.

Dictation:

Examples

History 102 meets 2 days a week, from 10:00 am to 10:50.

Hist 102 - 2 d/wk 10 – 10:50 am

Notes:

Note-Taking

• It is a process of closely examining a material, separating essential information from secondary details, organizing these notes in ways the researchers can understand.

Purposes For Note Taking

• Provides a written record for review .

• Forces the listener to pay attention .

• Requires organization, which involves active effort on the part of the listener.

• Listener must condense and rephrase, which aids understanding.

Physical Factors

• Seating – Near the front and center

• Vision is better

• Hearing is better

– Avoid distractions • Doorways, window glare,

etc.

• Peers

Physical Factors

• Materials – Two pens

• Ink easier to read

• You have a reserve

– Wide-lined paper

– Conference/Meeting date, and topic clearly labeled

• May use dividers

– Plenty of blank paper in back

Strategies in Note-Taking:

Before Taking Notes While Note-Taking After Taking Notes

Note-Taking

Before Taking Notes

1.Use 3”x 5” or 4” x 6” index cards in writing down note.

2.Do not write on the backside of the index card.

3.Write just one item of information on each card.

4.Use a separate card for each reference material.

Before Taking Notes

5.On the top of the card, make a full record of the source. You may write the ff:

Title of the bookName of the authorPage number/sName of the publisher(vol. no., in case of an article)

Date of publication

James H. Otto & Albert Towle

Modern Biology

New York: Holt, Rineheart & Winston Publishing

1985

pp. 758-762

Before Taking Notes

Example: Book

Medicinal Mushroom Grown in the Philippines

Dr. Tricita H. Quimio

Agriculture, Vol. VI, No.2

February 2002

Before Taking Notes

Example: Magazine/Journal

While Note-taking

First thing to do:

• To survey the text of their chosen materials.

Purpose:

• To acquaint researchers with the materials so that they can quickly see and pick out the writer’s main idea.

While Note-taking

After the survey:

• Quickly read the text again, taking note of the main points and its relation with one another.

• May use any of the note-taking techniques and strategies.

Like All Skills

•Practice every day for 5-10 minutes.

•Listening and note taking improve ONLY

with practice.

Note-taking Strategies:

• Condensing • Symbols and Abbreviations• Summarizing • Writing Quotation notes• Outlining• Graphic Organizers• Study Maps• Tree Diagram• Flow Plan

Condensing

Guidelines in condensing information:

A.Write down only the subject, the verb and the object of a sentence.

B.Reduce a complete sentence into a phrase or a clause.

C.Concentrate in the “who”, “what”, and “what was done” to uncover the significant element of a text.

Condensing

Example 1Text: In the last chapter, you learned that two of the

many factors that determine the carrying capacity of the environment are the density of the population and the availability of food energy.

Condensed :

Two factors determine the carrying capacity of the environment: density of population and availability of food energy.

Condensing

Example 2Text: A resource like food that can be replaced is called

a renewable resource. Some natural resources such as minerals, water and space cannot be replaced and are called nonrenewable resources. As our resources are used, all organisms on earth are affected.

Condensed :

Renewable resource – can be replaced (food)

Nonrenewable resources – cannot be replaced (minerals, water, space)

Condensing

Example 3Text: The slope of the land, the type of soil, the

amount of rainfall and the use we made of the soil all influence or cause erosion by water.

Condensed:

Causes of erosion – slope of land, type of soil, amount of rainfall, use of soil

Symbols and

Abbreviations

Symbols – Is a mark that substitutes a word or a concept.

Abbreviations – Is a shortened form of a word.

Symbols and

Abbreviations

• Symbols Symbols Meaning Symbols Meaning

= Is equal to; equal to

∴ Therefore

≠ Is not equal to ← Is caused by

“ When you repeat the same

→ Causes

< Less than % Percentage

> Greater than; more than

# Number

¶ Paragraph Δ Change

Abbreviations

• Field abbreviations – these are the abbreviations that a researcher encounters in his own field of specialization.

• Commonly understood abbreviations – the commonly used, therefore, easily understood.

• Personal abbreviations – these are a researcher’s devised own symbols and abbreviations.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations Meaning Abbreviations Meaning

amt Amount max Maximum

c/cm Centimeter min Minimum

ft Foot/feet nec Necessary

g Gram neg Negative

in Inch orig Original (ly)

m Meter usu Usually

N, E, W, S North, east, west, south

vs Versus

yr Year eg Example

impt Important ie In other words

Abbreviations

Abbreviations Meaning Abbreviations Meaning

inc Incomplete w/o Without

lg Large b/c Because

mn Main 1st/2nd First, second

maj Major etc And so on

Abbreviations

• Rules in making abbreviations:

A.Write the complete word if it is only a one-syllable word.

ex: “tax” , rather than “tx”

Abbreviations

• Rules in making abbreviations:

B. Leave out the vowels than consonants.

ex: Background – bkgrnd

Abbreviations

• Rules in making abbreviations:

C. Use the first syllable of a long word if that syllable gives enough information about the word.

ex: Feminine – fem

masculine – masc

requirement - req

Abbreviations

• Rules in making abbreviations:

D. Use an apostrophe to delete some syllables of a word.

ex: department – dep’t

requirement – req’nt

Abbreviations

• Rules in making abbreviations:

E. In writing numbers, use the method that will save the most time.

ex: 45,000,000 – 45M