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Effective Note Making Techniques

Note making involves creating concise and logical written records to aid memory and serve as references. Effective notes should include clear headings, subheadings, recognizable abbreviations, and a structured format with proper numbering and indentation. The summary of notes should be brief, written in one's own words, and maintain clarity without using abbreviations.

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Effective Note Making Techniques

Note making involves creating concise and logical written records to aid memory and serve as references. Effective notes should include clear headings, subheadings, recognizable abbreviations, and a structured format with proper numbering and indentation. The summary of notes should be brief, written in one's own words, and maintain clarity without using abbreviations.

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Note Making

Notes are short written records of facts to help remember them. These can be used as references
as and when necessary.

Essential aspects:

 Should be short, concise and compact


 Should contain complete information
 Should be logical
 Should be understandable even if referred to later

How to create notes

 Headings and subheadings: Headings relate to main theme while subheadings indicate
how it has been developed. Proper assimilation of ideas helps create appropriate headings
and subheadings.
 Abbreviations and symbols: These should be recognizable and understandable.
 Note form: Means information has to be listed in notes and main points only. There
should be no complete sentences. It should move logically and chronologically
wherever applicable.
 Numbering and indentation: There should be proper numbering of notes. It should
progress from the left to the right. Indentation means leaving space at the beginning
of a line.

Heading (Title)

1. Subheading
1.1
1.2
1.3
2. Subheading
2.1
2.2
2.3
3. Subheading
3.1
3.2
3.2.1(sub-points)(Restrict to maximum of two)
3.2.2
4. Subheading

Key to Abbreviations

(In a Box)
(Restrict abbreviations to 5/6 valid ones, Avoid confusing abbreviations)

Summary ( restrict to 5-6 sentences, to be written in your own words, no copying of


text from question) Do not use abbreviations in the summary. It should be always
written in the third person.

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