Taking High Quality Notes – Flashcards
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All cattle and barn animals should be fed [_____________________]
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-Rewrite
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Students should predict the headings for their notes because a teacher is not likely to give any clues as to what the main ideas are during a lecture.
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F
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w/o water mammals will die [_____________________]
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-Include as is
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Which is the BEST abbreviation for the "Laws of Gravity" so that it can be clearly identified when studying from your notes?
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GV law VGLity _L of G Newt's grav.
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Reviewing notes from a previous class will not help you take notes in a future class.
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F
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"I expect you to..." is an example of a signal statement.
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T
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Urban areas have high populations and extensive resources. Most urban areas are considered to be metropolitan. The opposite of urban is rural.▫️
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Summary
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A notes organizer can be simple or complex, as long as the user understands how it works.
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T
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What might happen if a student does not seek clarification about information they are unsure of?
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Both of these
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Which of the following is not one of the five major areas to include in your notes organizer?
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Important People
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The subject of the lecture will affect the way a student takes notes.
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T
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Approximately how many sentences should your Summary contain?
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5-6 _3-4
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A textbook can be a useful source when seeking the answers to the questions from your notes organizer.
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Underlining words and highlighting dates are part of a student's personal note taking key.
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Sarah is having trouble studying from her notes. She is using a notes organizer, but she is still having difficulties identifying main ideas and vocabulary words. Sarah would benefit from _____.
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writing her notes out in complete sentences _highlighting the important elements using her own note taking key writing down everything the teacher says to ensure she doesn't miss anything
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In the lecture, the first supporting detail, which defines Science, is▫️
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Science is using different skills to make models
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Knowing how to develop an outline well is very easy, and most students can create quality outlines in one attempt.
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F
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Main ideas are not identified within an outline.
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F
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An example signal statement is
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Both of these
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It is very important to stick to a strict outlining format so you know what is important to study.
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Outlining your notes can be done before, during or after information is presented.
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T
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Geography Notes I. The World .A. Continents of the World . .1. Africa Africa [______________________________________________]
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-Supporting detail or evidence
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Geography Notes I. The World .A. Continents of the World . .1. Africa The World [______________________________________________]
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-Heading
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Geography Notes I. The Eastern Hemisphere .A. Africa . .1. Much of Africa is wilderness . . a) 25% of Africa is not inhabited Much of Africa is wilderness [__________________]
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-Detail
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Sequential means "in order".
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Taking notes allows your mind to wander, but still capture important information.
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When reading, what should you look for first?▫️
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The answers to your own questions
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Identifying vocabulary definitions [_________________]
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-Survey
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Stop to review information that is unclear [_________________]
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-Question
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Address information asked by your teacher [_________________]
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-Question
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Use an outline to answer your questions [_________________]
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-Write
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Provides purpose to your reading [_________________]
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-Question
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What should you do when you find the answers to your questions as you are reading?
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Write them down
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Kayla should look over the Science chapter's headings, vocabulary and summaries before she attempts to begin taking notes.
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T
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The Q in SQRW stands for Quiet: find a quiet place to read.
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F
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Answers to your questions should be written in which format?
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Outline
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The S in SQRW stands for
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Survey
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Graphic organizers may help you better understand information you wrote down in your notes.▫️
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How many categories should Jane use to track multiple levels of information learned through a student survey on teachers at her school?
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As many categories as she needs to understand the results
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Using a graphic organizer may bring deeper meaning to the information you are trying to learn.
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Anton needs to identify the eight different scoring statistics for all the players on his school's basketball team. Which graphic organizer would be best for this assignment?
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Chart
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A graphic organizer can be used for
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any subject
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A graphic organizer is a visual representation.
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A graphic organizer can
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All of these
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A Venn diagram is a graphic organizer.
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A Venn diagram is best used for
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Comparing and contrasting information
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To "synthesize" means to compare and contrast information.
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A timeline is not a graphic organizer.▫️
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To understand the progression of the technology used in our time, a cause and effect graphic organizer would be best.
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T/ F
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Why are cause and effect graphic organizers useful?
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Because they show relationships among events
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It takes an artistic touch to create a meaningful timeline.
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Timelines show events
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All of these
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A timeline may help you understand how a President came to run for public office.
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Graphic organizers
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Show relationships among information
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Graphic organizers bring new meaning to information.
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A flowchart identifies the order of events.
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To synthesize means to form new information by combining parts or elements of other information.
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