• Badly taken notes easily become redundant and useless.
• Real and useful note-taking is when we note down the names and brief explanations of new concepts, like author names, references, theoretical names and concepts, instead of copying everything on the slide.
• It is great to write down the questions that come in our minds, something which is often neglected.
• Colored or coded notes, that are marked in different shapes or blocks help ease the looking up part later, and also while studying for an exam.
• One can also use the phone recorder to help in note-taking.

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