Note Taking Techniques
These are 5 common methods for note taking in both high school and college.
What are the Cornell, Mapping, Charting, Sentencing, and Outlining methods?
Range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific things.
What is time management?
What is rewriting & looking over notes?
These are the most common types of test seen at OMA.
What is is multiple choice, true/false, essay, short answer, and oral?
There is more of a focus on this in high school compared to middle school.
What is your GPA?
This method has the main points, study cues, details, and summary all in one place.
What is the Cornell method?
By managing these specific things, your life can be more organized. Name at least 3 things you should be managing.
What are projects, test dates, homework, co-curricular activities, birthdays, appointments, other activities.
Identify 3 tips (at least) for test taking.
What is arrive on time, ask for direction, plan study time, watch for clues, review early, prepare an outline, use visual aids, take care of yourself, and don't procrastinate?
This is a tip used for all types of tests.
What is budgeting your time?
Person responsible for taking notes, communication with teachers, keeping up with deadlines, etc.
Who is the student?
These sources can be used as study tools. (Must be able to name at least 3)
What is Kahoot, Quizlet, Mind Mapping, and Flashcards?
Name 1 reason why it is important to manage your time.
What is being organized, responsible, or independent.
A feeling someone might have in a situation where performance really counts or when the pressure's on to do well.
What is test anxiety?
These words are used for a certain type of test and identified as qualifiers. Name the type of test and a couple of the words.
What is a true/false test? What is sometimes, seldom, few, always, every, often, frequently, never, generally, ordinarily?
It is important to keep an ____ _____ with each class you take.
What is an open mind?
When trying to learn the relationship between topics, this method is used.
What is the Mapping method?
These are tools used to help manage your time. Each tool will not fit every person. Find what works for you! Name at least 2 tools.
What is a planner, wall calendar, phone calendar, or post it notes.
These are things you can do to help yourself when preparing for a test.
Know your learning style, review and go over your notes and study guides, use a study tool to help you study, take a practice test, or use a study buddy to help you study.
Name a difference between a short answer and short essay question/test.
Short Answer: What is teacher, professor, reader is an expert, short in length, content is a narrow area, answers are in single sentence or paragraph.
Short Essay: What is a stranger, reader is unfamiliar with topic, varies in length, content focuses on specific issue or topic, answered in at least 3 paragraphs.
Students are given handouts, study guides, and other visual aids for their classes during these years.
What is middle school?
Seeing, hearing, and visualizing are a part of what when it comes to note taking?
What is the rule of 7?
Person responsible for managing daily schedule, schoolwork, etc.
Who is me?
By asking, "Did I do the best that I can?" or "What do I need to focus more on for the next test?" you are ___________ ___________.
What is reevaluating yourself?
In an essay test, there are 5 types of question types.
What is identify, explain, compare, argue, and assess?
Biggest difference between middle school and high school.
What is more independence?