Note Taking Skills

Gayle E. Wood, M.Ed.

Director of Access and Diversity

Note-Taking Skills Write only on one side of the paper. Use a 3-ring binder so that you can

keep your notes organized. Create a lost signal to use whenever

you get lost taking notes.

Note-Taking Skills Make sure your notes are

labeled and your pages are numbered.

Put your name on each page.

Use standard abbreviations. listen for introductory,

concluding, and transitional words and phrases.

Note-Taking Skills

Leave space between your notes. Use words and phrases, instead of

complete sentences, if possible. Copy diagrams, equations, dates,

definitions, and illustrations word-for-word.

Styles of Note Taking

Cornell Method Outline Form Mind Maps Paragraphs Charts

Online Resources Introduction to Note Taking

www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/notetake.pdf

Note Taking in Lecture and Classroom Discussions http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/notes/

Note Taking and Listening www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm#motivation

Note Taking Styles http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/studyskills/taking_notes

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