Note taking in the classroom one of those strenuous exercises students must engage themselves in, to excel in education. This is apparently because, how a student take note in the classroom, may inversely determine how he/she will prepare for examination.

EFFECTIVE NOTE-TAKING IN THE CLASSROOM
In this article, I will be discussing those tips or guides to take note effectively in the classroom. This, will help a lot of students out there, to improve in their writing and listening skill. So, how can one take note effectively note taking in the classroom?





HOW TO TAKE NOTE EFFECTIVELY IN THE CLASSROOM

Below are guides for effective note-taking in the classroom:

1. Come to class early.
2. Keep your writing materials nearby.
3. Be present minded.
4. Use abbreviations.
5. Listen carefully.
6. Note only essential points.

Yeah, those are the guides for effective note taking in the classroom. Meanwhile, in other to paint a clearer picture of these guides, I will buttress on each of them in the following section. So, here we go!

Come to class early:

It is probably impossible to take note effectively in the classroom, when you don’t come to class early. Coming to class early helps to give you a time of respite before the lecture begins. And this is very pertinent, cause it enables your brain to relax and function effectively.

Coupled with the above advantage, coming to class early also help to make sure that you don’t miss important parts of the message passed in the class. So you see, coming to class early is really a useful guide for effective note taking in the classroom.

Keep your writing materials nearby:

This may obviously look trivial and unimportant, but I must let you know that you can not possibly improve your note taking skill except you learn to always keep your writing materials nearby. I personally recommend that you get your writing materials ready even before the speaker comes in, because you may not be able to do that when the speaker eventually comes. Even if you manage to get ready at that crucial time when the speaker is in the classroom, you may have missed something important. Thus, this point is very essential for effective note taking in the classroom.

Be present minded:

This is another important point i must emphasize on in this article. Being present minded is a “must do” for effective note taking in the classroom. Before the speaker or teacher starts speaking, you must forget about every other thing, and focus on what the speaker is asserting. Without this, it will be very difficult, if not impossible for a student to take note effectively in the classroom.

So, if you really want to improve your note taking skill, you must learn to be always present minded in the classroom.

Use abbreviations:

Abbreviations are inevitable in note taking. They go a long way in helping a student improve his or her note taking skill. It is pertinent to note that note taking can be made vastly easy, if one has a good knowledge of abbreviations. This is apparently because, when using abbreviations, a person do not necessarily have to write down full words as they are supposed. Words are made shorter and easier to understand. And by so doing, one can write faster.

Listen carefully:

Inversely, for a student to take note effectively in the classroom, he or she must have good listening skill. Without a good listening skill, one may not be able to hear what the speaker is saying. This is why listening is a foundation for every other guides in this article. One can not take down anything in the classroom without listening. So for you to improve your note taking skill, you must learn to pay attention and listen assiduously in the classroom.

Note only essential points:

During note taking, one is note expected to write down all that the speaker is saying. Only important messages, are to be noted. Many students thinks that note taking, has to do with writing everything that is said by a speaker. This is note true because, the speaker may sometimes digress in his speech. He may start-up a joke, or something irrelevant to the topic at hand. Thus, it is advisable to only take note of those sentences that are important to you when taking note in the classroom. This will help to save your time and energy.

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