Go
directly to a Strategy
1.
LISTENS
2. RAPPP
3. Cards
4. Notes-4-Learning
5. Summary Sheets
6. SCORER for tests
7. IDEA maps
8. Problem Solving Math
9. Time Management
10. Goal Setting
Choose
an outcome
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Listen Better
2. Comprehend your reading
3. Learn more effectively
4. Take better notes
5. Summarize your learning
6. Do better on tests
7. Organize your writing
8. Solve math word problems
9. Manage your time
10. Set & achieve goals
Assess
your learning strategies
Take
the quiz
| Quick Question | |
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You're in class, everyone else is taking notes and so are you, . . great, but what do you do with the notes. You carry them back and forth to school and may look at them a couple of times before quizzes and tests. Can you make your notes more effective for your learning? |
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| Learning Outcome | |
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After you know and practice this Notes - 4 - Learning strategy you be able to take better notes and use them more effectively to learn. |
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| What is the Strategy? | |
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Notes - 4 - Learning is a method of taking effective notes that are used to learn better. Notes - 4 - Learning places notes into four columns, hence the name including '4' in its name. It consists of three processes which are Recognizing, Recording and Reviewing. |
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Before your next class set up some note pages as described on the one page handout. Read through the Notes - 4 - Learning One Page Handout so you know the steps for notetaking use them. |
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Bring out the one page handout and keep it with you as you go to your classes. Remember writing notes should have a purpose and that should be to allow you to learn the material presented in class. Use the Notes - 4 - Learning each time you take notes. |
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| Summarize the Strategy | |
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Mime the strategy to someone else or to yourself in the mirror while looking at the Bookmark. Does it make sense to them and to you? |
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| So where to from here? | |
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Use Notes – 4 – Learning for all your notes and start to modify it to suit your experiences. Also look at other note taking methods. |
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| Carry around Bookmark | |
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Create your own carry around Bookmark by printing Notes - 4 - Learning Bookmark. |
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| One page handout | |
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Go to Notes - 4 - Learning One Page Handout to produce a one page summary of the Notes - 4 - Learning. |
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| copyright 2002 Roger Moore | |