Lesson: How to Take Great Notes/ExerciseL1

Listening Exercise

<quiz display=simple> {Watch the video and complete the text according to what you can understand.

type="{}"} The average { student _7 } takes notes at a rate of one-third of the word per { second _6 }. The average teacher speaks about two to three words per second. Bottom line, if you´re { trying _6 } to copy down everything your teacher is { saying _6 } when he throws on about Shakespeare. You´re going to fall seriously { behind _6 }. Note taking is an { important _9 } skill in and out of school you can make the difference between passing and failing a test, { excelling _9 } at a job or even enjoying a complicated movie. And most of us don’t do it well. Welcome to Wellcast. We took a viewer suggestion for this week´s { episode _7 }, the art of note-taking. We´re going to give you a three-step method for taking notes that will { actually _8 } help you learn. Numerous studies over the years have proven what´s already pretty obvious. People who take notes remember the { material _8 } better than those who don’t. But how much better? A 1970 study by development { psychologist _12 } Michael Howe, found the students were seven times more { likely _6 } to remember facts one week after hearing them if they took notes. But here´s the thing most people don’t know how to take notes. We´re taught from a very young age that when the { teacher _7 } starts delivering a load of information, for example, Shakespeare describe, Romeo and Juliet´s love star crossed. And we should start { writing _7 } down as much as what they say it´s possible. This is an incredibly { inefficient _11 } way to take notes. Why? You´re not { actually _8 } learning anything, you´re simply acting as a human audio recorder. A { recorder _8 } by the way that only picks one out of ten words. And you´re saving the { learning _8 } for later. When you have an even less complete lesson plan to look over. Note-taking should actually act as a form of { learning _8 }. Something that helps you work your way through the lesson as the teachers giving it, so that when you leave the { classroom _9 } already understand the concepts. So how do you do that? We have a three-step { method _6 } for taking the kind of notes that forced you to learn the { material _8 } inside the classroom and not out. Pause and print the sheet and put it in your binder { ready _5 } for your next class. Finished? Ok let´s go. Step 1: Don’t write down facts, write down { conclusions _11 }! Don’t worry about capturing every single thing your teacher is saying. Spend more time listening trying to { understand _10 } the lecture. When you do start writing format your notes as a series of { questions _9 } posed by the teacher´s lecture and your own answers. For example, question what´s the central theme in Romeo and Juliet? { Inclusion _9 }, more than being a love and tragic story, Romeo and Juliet is about the consequences of deeply held grudges. This way you´re { recording _9 } the importance of what the teacher is saying not just raw facts. When you do need to include data, add only the most important points under each question. This is the { evidence _8 } or each question´s answer. Ste 2: Use colored pens. Yeah, that´s right. This will help you { remember _8 } your notes visually. Also, if you establish a set template for your notes, we'll be able to take them more efficiently. Write questions in red, definitions in blue, { conclusions _11 } in green. Step 3 - Review your notes, don’t re-learn them. Spend at least ten minutes organizing your notes after class. You want to test your comprehension, try teaching the material to a classmate. This would be a great marker to see if, you´ve actually learned { anything _8 }. Note-taking is a valuable life skill that doesn’t lose its { utility _7 } when you graduate. Try to raise in a great note-taking in your daily life, you´ll soon find yourself in the exclusive and creative group of people who bring out their most keens in lectures, movies and etc. Alright Wellcasters, let´s recap! Today we { learned _7 } how to take notes in a way that ensures you learn the material during class time and not after. First write down your { conclusion _10 } instead of a barrage of facts. Second, use your { questions _9 } to make connections and third, spend ten minutes going over these notes at the end of the class and if you should { choose _6 }, try going over these notes by teaching them to a classmate or a friend. Hey, who was that lady? Uh, ok. Did these tips help? Let us know, or if you have a wellness topic that you´d like to see covered. Do this in email, we love to see your notes!