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Study Guide & Strategies
Taking notes from a text book
First: read a section of your
textbook chapter
- Read just enough to keep an
understanding of the material.
Do not take notes, but rather focus on understanding the
material.
It is tempting to take notes as you
are reading the first time, but this is not an efficient
technique: you are likely to take down too much information and
simply copy without understanding
Second: Review the material
- Locate the main ideas, as well as
important sub-points
- Set the book aside
- Paraphrase this information:
Putting the textbook information in your own words forces you to
become actively involved with the material
Third: write the paraphrased
ideas as your notes
- Do not copy information directly
from the textbook
- Add only enough detail to
understand
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