💡 Skills & Mindset #02: Taking Notes (Crash Course)

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions, prompts, and other items.

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In the Princeton study, which type of note-taker took a larger quantity of notes?

✍️ As Thomas mentioned, writing your notes by hand can force you to slow down and write only meaningful ideas and concepts. This can be accomplished on your touch screen Chromebooks and using a variety of mobile devices.

🤳 Some of our most efficient math students choose to use a phone or tablet for notes and scratch work in OneNote or another app while doing other work on their Chromebooks.

Which is not one of the disadvantages of word-for-word note-taking mentioned in the video?

Rewatch the previous video segment if necessary.

What was the first recommendation presented in the video?

The __________ method of notetaking is encouraged in our class.

Pro tips: 
Note The outline method and the tips Thomas Frank just provided can be applied within the Notes section of your Cornell notes!
Bullets, highlighting, and bold and underlined fonts are all easy to create in most notetaking apps and utilities. 
Explore, and let me know if you need help.

Our previous video recommended that both the Cues and Summary sections should be completed outside of class. 

Remember that you may add cues during class time, but should always complete the summary outside of class. 

🧠 Reviewing and synthesizing the information you learned in class at a different time of day and in a different environment is an example of retrieval practice. The act of accessing information from your memory increases its durability and accessibility into the future. The information becomes more solidified into your long-term memory. 

That's where we want it! 👍

The mind-mapping method can be done in the Notes section of your Cornell notes too! 
Simple sketches and diagrams are quick and easy to add as well. Consider sketch noting!
Additionally, OneNote and other free utilities offer powerful built-in diagramming tools for easily creating more professionally organized concepts.

In the Princeton study, which type of note-taker took a larger quantity of notes?

Which is not one of the disadvantages of word-for-word note-taking mentioned in the video?

Rewatch the previous video segment if necessary.

What was the first recommendation presented in the video?

Which statement(s) do you think represent(s) Mr. Richardson's opinion on note-taking methods?
Select all that apply.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

💡 Skills & Mindset #02: Taking Notes (Crash Course)

In the Princeton study, which type of note-taker took a larger quantity of notes?

Which is not one of the disadvantages of word-for-word note-taking mentioned in the video?Rewatch the previous video segment if necessary.

What was the first recommendation presented in the video?

Which statement(s) do you think represent(s) Mr. Richardson's opinion on note-taking methods? Select all that apply.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Which is not one of the disadvantages of word-for-word note-taking mentioned in the video?

Rewatch the previous video segment if necessary.

Which statement(s) do you think represent(s) Mr. Richardson's opinion on note-taking methods?
Select all that apply.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?