EXERCISE
Choose one of the
notetaking methods (Informal Outline or Lecture Map) you learned in this
chapter. Incorporate at least one add-on (Memory Margin and/or Summary Space). Then use it for one week in any class you
select. At the end of the week,
answer the following questions and submit your responses to your study skills
instructor along with your photocopied notes.
COURSE: ____________
NOTETAKING
METHOD: __________
1. Did you have any problems taking notes?
What were they?
2.
Answer these questions if you chose either the Memory Margin. a.
Did you have any problems or concerns with writing questions or key words?
What were they?
b.
Did reciting your notes make it easier to remember them?
Why
or why not?
3.
Answer these questions if you chose one of the mapping methods.
a.
Did you have any difficulty constructing the map during
the
lecture? Explain.
b.
Did you need to supplement your map with any other form
of
notes? Why or why not?
c.
Did you have an easier time remembering the lecture material
that you mapped? Why or why not?
4. Will
you continue to use this system? Why
or why not?