uh...
todays workshop is called taking better
lecture notes in just a quick uh... word
about the one next week it's called how to
predict test questions
this is the first one of five workshops
in a row i think it is that all have
that
terrible "T" word in it which is test or
tests
so it's kind of a long series in how to
become a great test taker which always
helps so that's uh... what's coming
up next week
now i wanted to ask everybody a question
before we start and uh... again
participation is welcome in these
workshops
we're talking about taking notes while
teachers are lecturing today so my
question is
kind of a simple one but i don't know
if you've ever thought of this
why is it important or helpful for you
to take notes
while a teacher is talking
what's the whole point of even doing
that
to remember
yeah uh... one of the things that is the
simplist way i can describe it is
you wanna take notes so that you don't
have to rely on your memory
later on
you could be a fantastic listener and
you can concentrate really well on the
teacher but unless you have an amazing
ability to remember that
two or three or four weeks later when
you're studying for a test on that
material
uh... it's almost impossible to remember
what a teacher said
that's why you want to rely on your
notes and if your notes are good and
they're complete and you can 
study a lot from them
you should do better as a result
uh... the class that i teach
which is learn eleven a study skills
course
my students are required on every test
among other things
to do a
short writing probably less than a page
where they describe in detail
something that i've taught them in class
kind of like their teaching it back to
me
and very often amazingly often
especially early in the semester
i get a student who writes as their
answer
i don't remember
and how many points do they get for that
uh...
the big zero right and so what they're
basically saying is
i was there that day it's like three weeks
ago i remember
what you were talking about even
remember what you were wearing
but i can't quite remember what you said
and they're trying to actually go back
and remember
that's dangerous
so that's why you write it in your notes
so that you can go over it and over it and
when the test comes it's still fresh in
your mind that's the goal okay
so uh... as i mentioned a few minutes
ago i'm gonna give you a handout that
uh... is sort of a a outline of what i'm
gonna talk about hopefully i'll be able
to get all the way through this
today there's always a lot that i would
love to share
never enough time so
i'll just go ahead and sort of give you a
but you can kind of pass that back
if there are extras back there you can
just hold on to them and i'll get 'em at
the end and actually let me put some here
case people show up late
okay so in order to take better lecture
notes uh... there are seven things
listed here uh... couple of little sub
points so this will hopefully be easy for
you to follow uh...
