The Outlining Note-Taking method - Deepstash

The Outlining Note-Taking method

This one involves dashing or indenting parts of your notes. It works best for classes that aren’t science or math. Here’s what you need to know:

● The most general information should be aligned along the left side of your paper, with more specific groups of facts indented underneath.

● The relationships between the general information and specific facts are made clear with indenting, rather than numbers.

Thanks to the left-aligning and indenting, you’ll be able to broadly review the major points before diving into the specifics underneath.

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Think of all the times you’ve looked back on your notes only to find they’re filled with incomprehensible nonsense scribbled in the margins and a bunch of totally disconnected ideas that probably made sense when you wrote them. You can learn to take better notes, however, and there are a number of proven note-taking methods you can try out.

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The Outline/List

Is a linear method of taking notes that proceeds down the page, using indentation or bullets to denote major and minor points.

Pros: it records content relationship in a way that is easy to review.

Cons: difficult to go back and edit information written in this sy...

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