First week notes

John Kay
Notetaking/Study Skills

Purpose Statement

Assignment seeks to show students what a set of quality notes contains following two lectures at the beginning of the semester.

 

Description of Activity

1. Basics of good notetaking are reviewed briefly during first class lecture.
2. Students are asked to take good notes during two introductory lectures on the nature of politics, basic concerns of political inquiry, etc.
3. Students are asked, following lectures, to compare their notes with classmates
4. Students receive copy of teacher's complete notes and asked to compare them with their own.

 

Materials Needed

Handout of teacher's lecture notes for first two class sessions.

 

Application

Exercise works when initial comments on good notetaking are combined with collaborative student learning activity and then followed up with example of teacher's lecture notes.

 

Related Student Services

Students who have difficulty in taking notes are encouraged to visit LRC

 

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