<p>worth it?! or taken notes better.
my notes are really detailed and pretty much retell the chapter. so maybe using these notes would be better?! and off course i would read the chapter as well…</p>
<p>I find that the notes I take help me remember the chapter better.</p>
<p>Here is what I do: Read notes taken from various AP prep sites. I skim those 2-3 times and then sit down and read the textbook, and create my own outline. Its worked for me so far…</p>
<p>Use course-note! Online AP notes helped me a lot. My own notes were acutally less helpful so I stopped taking them. </p>
<p>This is what I did: skim online notes, read the chapter, read the online notes one more time.</p>
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<p>I think this is the wrong approach, as note taking is a valuable skill outside the classroom, and by abandoning note taking, it’s a skill that you won’t necessarily learn.</p>
<p>While relying on a website’s notes as you develop your note taking skills is understandable, what you really want to learn how to do is how to take notes so that you achieve at least a comparable quality of notes in the long run.</p>
<p>Some questions that you might ask yourself as you start to take notes on the same section:</p>
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<li>What do I think is important in this section?</li>
<li>What did the other note takers think to be important?</li>
<li>Why did we disagree?</li>
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<p>And the answer to this last question is not an automatic, “Because I was wrong…” But figuring out what’s important as you read and what’s not as important is going to be a skill that you’re going to need long after any note taking website can help you.</p>
<p>To be clear, I’m not saying to not use the website (or to use it for that matter), but abandoning note taking of your own altogether is a bad idea.</p>
<p>I second that, TheMathProf.</p>
<p>The main advantage of writing notes is not the ability to review the notes at a later date. Rather, it is the process of getting your ideas on paper that allows you to understand the material on a deeper level.</p>