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Effective Note-Taking in Class Discussions

The document provides tips for taking notes during class discussions. It suggests paying attention to what the professor elaborates on, tracking trends in the discussion, distinguishing comments from professors vs peers, and reorganizing notes after class to fill in details and look for patterns.

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Effective Note-Taking in Class Discussions

The document provides tips for taking notes during class discussions. It suggests paying attention to what the professor elaborates on, tracking trends in the discussion, distinguishing comments from professors vs peers, and reorganizing notes after class to fill in details and look for patterns.

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Taking Notes During Class


Discussion

ACADEMIC SUPPORT & ADVISING

"#ADDITIONAL NAVIGATION

Students seem to understand how to take notes


from a professor who lectures from an outline
and often writes points on the board or power
points.

It seems like a more challenging process to take


notes from a class discussion. Of course each
discussion can go in a different direction, but
there are some basic points to keep in mind
regarding discussion notes.

1. Pay attention to your faculty member. If


there are points that they hear a student
share and then elaborate upon, that means
they probably thought there was something
"meaty" there; take notes on it and look it up
after class if you didn't recall that section of
material.
2. Try to keep track of trends in the discussion;
points or aspects of the work that are
repeatedly brought up in different ways. It
might be indicating the importance of a
section of work and if you had not focused on
it previously, you might want to review it.
3. Make a mark in your notes beside those
comments that come from a professor vs. a
peer. That might be helpful when you are
studying.
4. Take time after class to reorganize your
thoughts, write out more complete sentences
or look for a pattern in the flow of material
discussed. Ideally this is done within an hour
of class to help the memory process.

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