How do you take notes in college?

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Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:54:35 +0000

I take notes using pencil and paper, I remember things better when I write them down than typing them. Some of my teachers don’t allow laptops (they are usually in math/science classes where a laptop is pointless anyway).

I’ve only been in college one year, so I haven’t had a ton of classes, but I never bring textbooks to lectures. Spanish class was the exception, I needed my book sometimes in class. Most of the discussions I have had I used the textbook. I don’t like e-textbooks, I like reading paper instead of a screen and i get distracted very easily on computers.

As a bonus, a study technique to try: as you read through your notes, write down what you don’t know/kind of don’t know/know but think is important enough for you to look over again in another notebook. I might read 30 pages and write down 5. Then rip out and study those 5 until you know everything on it. Works for me.