How do you take notes in college?

CalDud
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:56:44 +0000

I think taking notes is pretty useless to begin with. If they say to specifically write it down, do it. Other than that, it’s usually just something you can find in your book again. As for math, my teacher would give us a perspective that wouldn’t be found in the book or some information not included inside of it so I’d jot that down. Usually, when I felt like it, I could look down at my book and what she’d be saying would be on there.

As for my liberal arts classes, I took notes, but I never used them. I never even looked at them again. A majority of the time in my math classes I always took notes and it was never useful. I’d just end up using the book anyway or going on memory. It really depends on your learning style. I am going to try and quit writing notes (unless it’s really important) because I am finding it to be actually counter-productive to my learning.

I find that I don’t think when I write down notes. I’m going to say language classes are the exception and note taking is paramount when trying to learn a new language.