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6.
Use
lots
of
paper.
If
you
cram
your
notes
together,
you'll
probably
have
a
tough
time
deciphering
them
later
on.
Use
lots
of
space
and
they'll
be
easier
to
study
from.
Don't
squeeze
diagrams
or
graphs
into
a
1"
square,
and
label
them
well
so
that
you'll
understand
them
when
you
go
back
to
study
for
a
test.
Write
on
one
side
of
the
page
only.
This
is
not
a
waste
of
paper!
Your
notes
will
appear
less
crowded
and
will
be
easier
to
organize.
The
left
(unused)
side
of
the
page
can
be
used
for
integrating
notes
from
the
text,
for
filling
in
notes
that
you've
missed,
or
for
making
study
notes.
7.
Leave
spaces
if
you
can't
keep
up.
If
your
professor
is
a
speed
demon,
don't
panic.
Get
down
what
you
can,
leave
spaces,
and
listen
carefully
to
the
rest
of
the
lecture.
Immediately
after
the
class
fill
in
the
missing
information;
you
should
remember
most
of
it.
If
you
don't,
borrow
a
friend's
notes
to
get
what
you've
missed.
Ifyou
repeatedly
have
trouble
following
the
lesson,
make
an
appointment
with
your
teacher
to
talk
about
possible
solutions.
8.
Use
a
separate
binder
for
each
subject.
Everyone
has
her
own
preference,
but
most
top
students
prefer
this
notekeeping
system.
A
small
3-ring
binder
makes
handouts
easy
to
incorporate,
and
it's
easy
to
insert
notes
in
the
right
place
if
you've
missed
a
class.
Large
binders
designed
for
six
subjects
fill
too
quickly.
Furthermore,
you
won't
lose
your
notes
for
six
subjects"
if
you
lose
one
binder.
9.
Don't
rewrite.
Rewriting
your
notes
as
a
method
of
studying
is
not
usually
recommended.
Reviewing
your
notes
aloud
(rehearsing)
is
faster
and
more
effective
reinforcement.
10.
Compare
notes.
Sit
down
with
two
or
three
classmates
and
exchange
notes;
you'll
get
a
different
perspective
of
what
the
most
important
course
information
is.
Discussing
why
your
peers
took
down
certain
points
may
help
you
see
what
should
be
included
in
your
notes
and
what
is
unimportant.
Taking
good
notes
is
essential
to
your
success.
Your
memory
isn't
reliable
on
its
own.
After
only
24
hours,
up
to
80
of
what
you
absorbed
in
a
lecture
is
forgotten.
Regular
review,
however,
can
reverse
these
numbers
so
that
you
retain
at
least
80
of
the
course
material.
TAKING
NOTES
FROM
YOUR
TEXT
Reading
some
textbooks
can
be
pretty
boring.
It's
tough
to
keep
your
mind
on
the
book,
and
many
people
find
that
when
they've
finished,
they
can't
remem
ber
what
they've
just
read.
I
We'd
like
to
make
your
reading
time
a
little
easiei
and
a
lot
more
productive.
We've
got
a
couple
o1
suggestions:
1
1
First
of
all,
try
not
to
get
behind.
Reading
a
chap
ter
of
your
text
may
seem
a
great
chore
on
a
giver
evening,
but
the
task
takes
on
monumental
propor
tions
when
you've
got
five
chapters
to
plow
through
And
when
a
task
feels
too
onerous,
you
may
rioi
bother
doing
it,
yet
teachers
take
many
of
their
tesi
and
exam
questions
straight
from
the
text.
Short
anc
frequent
reading
sessions
are
most
effective;
it's
eas
ier
to
absorb
the
material
in
short
sittings.
The
textbook
notetaking
system
we
advocate
called
S4R,
and
it
works
along
the
same
lines
as
the
4R
system
of
classroom
notetaking.
It's
based
on
the
premise
that
most
authors
write
in
outline
form,
so
that
each
paragraph
contains
a
main
idea
and
supporting
details.
The
idea
is
to
look
for
key
ideas
that
are
likely
to
be
test
or
exam
questions,
always
keeping
in
mind
that
your
notes
will
double
as
your
stud)
notes.
S
-
Survey
Leaf
through
the
chapter,
skimming
the
introduction,
glossary
and
summary,
looking
at
the
revieu
questions,
taking
note
of
the
titles,
subtitles,
charts
graphs
and
illustrations.
These
will
give
you
a
gen-i
eral
idea
of
the
chapter's
content,
and
will
help
yoB
identify
the
main
ideas
being
presented.
The
surra
should
take
no
more
than
5
minutes.
R
-
Read
As
you
read
the
chapter,
don't
read
word
by
word
sentence
by
sentence.
Rather,
skim
through
unneces
sary
details,
searching
only
for
the
main
ideas
of
th
chapter.
How
do
you
identify
them?
Generally,
the
are
words
highlighted
in
bold
or
italics,
definitions
and
the
key
concepts
you
identified
in
your
survej
Remember,
you're
looking
for
potential
test
ques
tions.
R
-
wRite
Using
4R
notepaper
(see
Taking
Notes
in
Class
write
down
the
important
ideas
in
the
main
columJ
and
then
reduce
them
to
key
phrases
in
t
recallsummary
column.
These
phrases
will
be
yol
review
or
study
questions.
R
-
Recall
Take
a
minute
to
see
how
much
of
the
content
yo
remember,
using
your
recall
phrases
as
a
promp
Then
look
at
the
main
column
to
see
how
accura
a
you
were.
If
you
go
through
this
process
aloo
you'll
learn
the
material
far
more
quickly
than
if
yc
limit
yourself
to
reading
your
notes
over
and
ov
again.
Rehearsing
your
notes
aloud
may
seem
fa
fetched
to
some,
but
we
feel
that
the
goal
is
to
leal
the
material
as
quickly
as
you
can
so
that
you'vejl
more
time
for
more
exciting
things.
Feeling
a
litff
awkward
may
be
worth
the
end
result.
R
-
Review
Pull
out
your
study
notes
and
review
them
onl
regular
basis.
Learning
is
like
training
fori
marathon.
It
takes
lots
of
training.
You
would!
leave
getting
in
shape
for
a
26
mile
race
until
I
night
before;
learning
and
studying
require
the
safl
preparation.
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