Take Good NotesStudent LeadsSkills Needed for Post-Secondary Success

ReviewWhat are 3 self-management strategies?

Which self-management strategy did you try out?

How did it work?Will you continue using it? Why or why not?

Discussion•Tell me about reading for your classes.

–How often do you read something for class and get to the end of the page and realize you have no idea what you just read?–What strategies do you know to help you read smarter?

•Tell me about taking notes in your classes.–How many of you look back at your notes after you take them? –How do you use your notes to study?–What note-taking techniques do you know?

ObjectiveThe purpose of today's lesson is to learn two strategies for Tip 5 – Take Good Notes.

Remember, in college you have more reading and more lecture, so learning to take good notes is a must!

Pre-test

What are the steps in SQ3R?What do you record in the columns for Q-Notes?How can you use SQ3R or Q-notes in your classes?

Reading Smarter: SQ3R

S = SurveyQ = QuestionR = ReadR = ReciteR = Review

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SQ3R PracticeDirections:

1. Read the brief paragraph and complete the SQ3R notes on your own.

2. Pair up with a partner and discuss what you have written for each part of the SQ3R process.

Survey1. First, I’ll look over, or survey, the article.

– The headers and table tell me it’s about Oklahoma in the 1930’s, the dust bowl, farmers’ lives, and rainfall.

• What else can I learn from a quick survey of the passage?

Question2. To help me focus on each section, I’ll turn the headers

into questions.– What was Oklahoma like in the 1930’s?– What was the dust bowl? – What was a farmer’s life like in Oklahoma

in the 1930’s? – How much rainfall did they have in

Oklahoma in the 1930’s? Was this normal?• What other questions did you have written down?

Read3. Now I’ll read carefully to find the answers to my

questions and record my answers.

Questions AnswersWhat was Oklahoma like in the 1930’s? It sounds like it was dry and that caused

problems for farmers and so probably others, too

What was the dust bowl? Because there wasn’t much rain, wind blew dust everywhere

What was a farmer’s life like in Oklahoma in the 1930’s?

Farmers couldn’t farm because of the dry conditions

How much rainfall did they have in Oklahoma in the 1930’s? Was this normal?

They received 13.52 inches from 1931-1936, about 4 inches less per year than they received from 1921-1930.

Recite4. I can recite, or say the most important ideas in each

section in my own words.

In Oklahoma in the early 1930’s, a drought caused the soil to dry out and the wind blew the soil everywhere. They called this a dust bowl. Farmers could not farm because there was so little rain. In fact, there was about 4 inches less rain per year than in previous years.

Review5. Were all my questions answered? I’ll review to find

out.– All of my questions were answered.

•Reviewing is an ongoing process, so I can keep these notes to review regularly.

–These notes may be helpful for completing an assignment or studying for a quiz or test.

Q-Notes

• Q-notes are two-column notes that can be used to study for quizzes and tests.• Divide your paper in half vertically

– In the left column you write questions.

– In the right column you write notes that answer the questions.

• Q-Notes can be taken during class lectures, while reading, or to re-write notes you’ve already taken

Questions Notes

Reading: Write Questions 1st

Questions Notes

• What was Oklahoma like in the 1930’s?

• What was the dust bowl?

• What was a farmer’s life like in Oklahoma in the 1930’s?

• How much rainfall did they have in Oklahoma in the 1930’s? Was this normal?

Take Notes as You Read

Questions Notes• What was Oklahoma like in the 1930’s? • It sounds like it was dry and that caused

problems for farmers and so probably others, too

• What was the dust bowl? • Because there wasn’t much rain, wind blew dust everywhere

• What was a farmer’s life like in Oklahoma in the 1930’s?

• Farmers couldn’t farm because of the dry conditions

• How much rainfall did they have in Oklahoma in the 1930’s? Was this normal?

• They received 13.52 inches from 1931-1936, about 4 inches less per year than they received from 1921-1930.

Lecture: Take Notes 1st

Questions Notes• Oklahoma was very dry in the 1930s

because they didn’t get much rain

• Because there wasn’t much rain, wind blew dust everywhere

• Farmers couldn’t farm because of the dry conditions

• They received 13.52 inches from 1931-1936, about 4 inches less per year than they received from 1921-1930.

Write Questions Later

Questions Notes

• What was Oklahoma like in the 1930’s? • Oklahoma was very dry in the 1930s because they didn’t get much rain

• What was the dust bowl? • Because there wasn’t much rain, wind blew dust everywhere

• What was a farmer’s life like in Oklahoma in the 1930’s?

• Farmers couldn’t farm because of the dry conditions

• How much rainfall did they have in Oklahoma in the 1930’s? Was this normal?

• They received 13.52 inches from 1931-1936, about 4 inches less per year than they received from 1921-1930.

Q-Notes Practice1. Pair up2. Use the passage provided to practice writing Q-notes.

– You may use your own paper or the paper provided

3. Fold the notes in half vertically4. Quiz one another

Reflection

Complete the “Note-Taking Strategies Reflection”

Post-test

What are the steps in SQ3R?What do you record in the columns for Q-Notes?How can you use SQ3R or Q-notes in your classes?

Review• The 5 Steps in SQ3R are:

1. Survey2. Question3. Read4. Recite5. Review

• Q-Notes:– Record questions in the left column and

notes in the right• How can you use SQ3R or Q-notes in your classes?

ReferencesBurke, J. (2002). Tools for thought. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

Landsberger, J.F. (1996). SQ3R reading method. Retreived from http://www.studygs.net/texred2.htm

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