Comments on: The two rules of making effective notes in your lectures http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2007/09/09/the-two-rules-of-making-effective-notes-in-your-lectures/ Life doesn't stop when you study. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Martin http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2007/09/09/the-two-rules-of-making-effective-notes-in-your-lectures/#comment-237 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:15:45 +0000 http://universityblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/the-two-rules-of-making-effective-notes-in-your-lectures/#comment-237 Other students often asked me to share my notes, but they were useless to anyone but myself. If I didn’t understand something, I just briefly noted the topic and basic idea for later.

The brief reminder was simply a memory jog to go and find out more through books and research until I did have a good understanding of the topic.

So while my notes were very personal, one of my good uni friends used a technique similar to yours, pelf. She was very popular indeed when it came to sharing notes!

Sometimes it does help to get another person’s perspective, so it’s never a bad thing to exchange quality notes and see if you can pick up other ideas that you may have missed.

A lot of tutors now issue their slides and worksheets to students, which is also helpful for notes. Sounds like we didn’t get that privilege. Sniff!

]]> By: pelf http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2007/09/09/the-two-rules-of-making-effective-notes-in-your-lectures/#comment-234 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:35:10 +0000 http://universityblog.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/the-two-rules-of-making-effective-notes-in-your-lectures/#comment-234 What I did in my degree days was, I took down notes in short forms, whatever I could catch from the lecturer’s slides and lecture. And when I get back to my hostel, I re-write those notes into something that made sense.

That way, I made sure that my notes are up-to-date, and I didn’t have to worry about my notes when the exams were approaching (that was why my notes were photocopied many times over by other students!).

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