Taking Notes From Textbook
Remembering Textbook Details
Reading Your Textbook
Understanding Your Class Notes
Campus Resources
100

Should you write down every detail from your textbook?

No, summarize what you read in your own words 

100

Name a strategy you use to retain information from your textbook?

1. Teach it to someone else

2. Stop and jot 

3. Highlight importance sentences 

4. Summarize paragraphs in your own words 

5. Look up words you don't know

6. Write down questions as you read 

+ SO MANY MORE STRATEGIES

100

What should you do when you come across a word you don't know the meaning to?

Look it up! Learn what the word means and how it is used in the sentence. 

100

What are some tools you can use when taking notes in class?

Notebook, highlighters, sticky notes

100

Where should you go if you don't have your class textbook?

There are multiple ways to get your textbook! 

First, check out the campus library. They may have your text book that you can use while you're there. 

Check out the Online Bookstore at stlcc.textbookx.com

Or Chegg or Amazon

Ask a friend to borrow! 

200

FUN FACT: where can you print FOR FREE?!

In the campus library! Just sign into your account! 

200

What is an easy way to remember something in your text? 

Many ways! You can make a connection to the information in the text! 

200

Do you need to read the whole chapter of your textbook that was assigned? 

Not always. Focus on assigned sections and prioritize what the professor emphasizes. 

200

Who is someone on campus that can sit down with you and go over your notes?

Tutoring! 

200

Who is someone on campus that can help you understand your textbook chapters?

Tutoring or your professor! Visit your professor during office hours. 

300

What is a type of note-taking method that involves drawings, symbols, and text to capture and organize ideas?

Sketchnoting 

300

If you had a sticky note, pencil, and your textbook. What can you do with it while reading through your textbook?

STOP and jot. Read a paragraph, then write down key details on the sticky note. 

300

What can you do if you're having a hard time understanding the reading in textbook?

1. Take a break and come back to it

2. Visit your professor during office hours for support

3. Read with a friend 

4. Go to tutoring and read with a tutor 

300

What is something you can do BEFORE class with your notes? 

Reread notes from last class or pre-read the textbook. 

300

Where is a place you and your classmates can go to to study the textbook together?

Student commons, study booths

400

What are the 3 things you should focus on when taking notes from the textbook?

1. Capture main ideas

2. Understand key terms 

3. Use bullet points for examples 

400

Name three strategies you can use to help retain information from your textbook

1. Teach it to someone else

2. Stop and jot 

3. Highlight importance sentences 

4. Summarize paragraphs in your own words 

5. Look up words you don't know

6. Write down questions as you read 

+ SO MANY MORE STRATEGIES

400

What are the 4 steps you should take when approaching a chapter in a textbook?

1. Skim the headings 

2. Understand the bold terms 

3. Look at the visuals 

4. Read for details 

400

Did you know there are many notetaking strategies that you can use? Have you tried to figure out which strategy is the best? 

I will definitely take the QR code and look into that!

400

Who is someone you can go to for research help?

Jessica Pohl in the library 

500

How do you know what to take note of while reading your textbook? 

When you come across.. 

1. subheadings 

2. bold or italicized words

3. diagrams or tables 

4. When there is a good example of something 

5. Is a topic in your notes from class

6. If you can't summarize the paragraph 

500

What strategy are you using when you stop after reading a chapter and explain the chapter in your own words?

summarizing! This is something you can do after reading a paragraph as well. 

500

Give me a summary of this article! 

Title: How Do Organized Interests Influence Politics and Policy 

"To make their voices heard, most people must act with others. That is why interests organize themselves. By organizing themselves for action, organized interests improve the probability that the claims they make on government will be heard and treated favorably. This quest for political influence takes many forms, which we can roughly divide into "insider strategies" and "outsider strategies." 

-American Government Power and Purpose

Did you: 

1. Identify the key points? 

2. Summarize in your own words?

3. Keep it concise? 

500

Share something helpful that you do while taking notes 

- use abbreviations 

500

What is a First Year Fest event coming up that will give you time/resources to study for finals?

Break With A Book!!!! November 20th 12-2 

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