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Effective Note Making Techniques

Note making involves creating concise records of information to aid memory and facilitate recall. Good notes should be short, complete, logical, and understandable, while following standard practices such as using headings, abbreviations, and proper layouts. The process includes reading carefully, identifying main ideas, and organizing notes effectively.

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Effective Note Making Techniques

Note making involves creating concise records of information to aid memory and facilitate recall. Good notes should be short, complete, logical, and understandable, while following standard practices such as using headings, abbreviations, and proper layouts. The process includes reading carefully, identifying main ideas, and organizing notes effectively.

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Note Making

Note Making
Notes are short written record of facts to aid the
memory. Notes are usually taken to record a
speech or dictation while listening to it or after
reading a book, magazine or article. They are
referred back whenever needed and may be
reproduced in the desired way.
The necessity of note making
• It keeps a lot of information at our disposal for
ready reference.
• It helps us reconstruct what was said or
written and thus accelerates the process of
remembering/recall.
• It comes in handy in delivering a speech,
participation in a debate/discussion, writing
an essay and revising lessons before an
examination.
Characteristics of good notes

• Short and Compact: Good notes must be short


and compact.
• Complete Information: They must contain all
the important information.
• Logical: They must be presented in a logical
way.
• Understandable: They should be
understandable when consulted at a later
stage.
Mechanics of note making

While making notes we follow certain standard


practices. These may be listed as follows:
(a) Heading and Sub-headings
(b) Abbreviation and Symbols
(c) Note-form
(d) Numbering and Indentation
How to write note making

• Step 1 :
(i)Read the passage carefully.

(ii)Try to get the theme and subject of the


passage. You may ask yourself: “What is this
passage about?” This will provide you the gist.
Step 2 :

Read carefully. Identify main ideas and


important supporting details.
Step 3 :
Make notes of the main ideas under
headings and add sub-points under sub-
headings.
Step 4 :
Use proper layout/format, e.g.,
(a) Indented, linear form
(b) Sequential form
(c) Tabular form
(d) Flow chart
(e) Pie chart, graphs or diagrams, etc.
Step 5 :
Use recognizable abbreviations wherever
possible

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