THE THIRTEEN POINTS
PRESENTED BY THE ELMHURST COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER
THINK OF TWO CLASSES IN WHICH YOU CURRENTLY TAKE NOTES OR HAVE FORMERLY TAKEN NOTES. THESE TWO CLASSES WILL BECOME YOUR BENCHMARK FOR NOTE TAKING. PRINT A COPY OF THE THIRTEEN POINTS OR PICK UP A COPY AT THE LEARNING CENTER. RESPOND TO EACH ITEM BY CIRCLING YES OR NO.
PRE LECTURE |
CLASS: |
CLASS: |
| 1. Read the assigned material? | yes no |
yes no |
| 2. Review notes from previous class? | yes no |
yes no |
| 3.Come prepared with paper/pen? | yes no |
yes no |
DURING THE LECTURE |
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| 4. Begin notes with a complete heading(class, topic, date)? | yes no |
yes no |
| 5. Make major points stand out in notes? | yes no |
yes no |
| 6. List important details only? | yes no |
yes no |
| 7. Copy information from the chalkboard or overhead projector? | yes no |
yes no |
| 8. Abbreviate in my own style? | yes no |
yes no |
| 9. Record legibly so I can actually read notes later? | yes no |
yes no |
AFTER LECTURE |
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| 10. Review notes soon after class? | yes no |
yes no |
| 11. Fill in missed information? | yes no |
yes no |
| 12. Develop information? | yes no |
yes no |
| 13. Develop potential test questions in the margins of notes? | yes no |
yes no |
ANALYSIS: The more YES answers you have as a total, the better you are at taking class notes. BUT you should look at the three time categories for note taking. Are your YES answers clustered in only one time frame? If so, you may not be getting as much information as possible from your notes.