The key principles of making notes
There are three key principles to making good notes:
- Rephrase the original idea. Don’t use the author’s or teacher’s original language.
- Connect ideas together. To help with understanding and recall, make sure to create links between the ideas you are studying.
- Build upon the ideas. As you learn more about a topic, add more examples, more questions, and more related ideas.
At all stages of making notes, the keyword is: active engagement.
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Note-taking has played an important role in human history. Ancient Greeks used the word hypomnema (ὑπόμνημα) to describe what could be translated as a note, a reminder, or an anecdotal record.
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