The Charting Note-Taking Method
This is best employed when you’re dealing with multiple topics. Use it to compare two ideas or break idea one down into multiple parts, like pros and cons.
Divide your page into two (or more) columns and label each column to match what you’re hearing, whether that involves a comparison or a breakdown.
Whenever you hear a relevant fact related to one of your labels, stick it into the appropriate column.
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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 Charting Method
Divide the page into 3 columns and label each column by category. Fill the details of each category in the rows below.
This method is useful for lessons that cover a lot of facts or relationships between topics.
The Charting Method: How to take notes
- Determine the columns you'll need. e.g. date/event/impact/pros & cons, etc. The average amount of columns is usually between 4 and 6.
- Create a document title on the top of the page.
- Label your columns with the name of your categori...
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