Tuesday 24 December 2013

5 R's of Note making

The important aspects of learning includes careful listening, paying attention, understanding, synthesizing and organizing all main ideas in our brain. These components require a good note taking technique for an effective and better understanding. There are many ways to take notes, and everyone seems to have their preference when it comes to note taking. Many methods involve some or all of the 5 R’s of note taking: record, reduce, recite, reflect, and review.  Let me brief on these 5R's.
The first step in note taking is record.  When you record, write down only important facts and details.  When you take notes be sure to write only the things that are important and not the words that doesn't matter. The second step when taking notes is to reduce your information or notes to short simple phrases.  When reducing your notes to short phrases you will take out only the important words from a paragraph and make it into a smaller sentence or phrase.The third step to note taking is to recite.  When you recite your notes jot down the important informations into your own words.The fourth step in note taking is reflect.  For this step you will look back at your notes and add any information to them that you think is important to know or add to them.The last step in note taking is review.  When you review go back and look at your notes and information that you have written down.
Like any skill, note taking develops with practice. Practicing proven note taking techniques can dramatically improve a student’s academic performance. 

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