Topics, Objectives, Materials, Terms, To-Do List

Topics

This unit covers the following focus points:

• Listening skills, verbal and nonverbal
• Active listening
• Note-taking formats and styles
• How to discern key information from lectures and textbooks for note-taking
• When TO take notes and when NOT to take notes
• How to deal with a fast talker
• How to use notes to review

Objectives

After you have completed this unit you should be able to:

• Understand how to take notes during lectures
• Understand how to take notes from textbooks and other materials
• Understand verbal, non-verbal, and print clues to help you take focused notes
• Understand and use Cornell-style notes
• Understand and use other note-taking formats

Materials

• Student made or downloaded Cornell note-taking forms
• e-book, “How to Learn Like a pro!” (instructor may require some materials to be downloaded)

Terms (These terms also appear in the Glossary of Terms)

NOTE: the definitions are adapted and/or abbreviated from the original.

Sidebar: Information placed adjacent to an article in a printed or Web publication, graphically separate but with contextual connect. Examples: brief biographies, lists of items, resources, etc.

To-Do List

• Complete the exercises, as assigned, in each lesson.
• In face-to-face classes, your instructor may include optional additional activities.