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2. WHY TAKE NOTES?
1. Note-taking helps you listen; it keeps
you focused.
2. Students who study their notes
remember 150% of what students who
don’t review remember.
3. Students who do not take notes forget
approximately 80% of what they
learned within 2 weeks.

3. HOW SHOULD I TAKE NOTES?
1. Don’t write everything down word-forword.
 Summarize when you can!
 Abbreviate when possible.
1. The more you write the better.
 More notes equals more retention of the
information.

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5. WHAT ARE TWO-COLUMN NOTES?
• one of many note-taking strategies.
• uses headings and subheading to
structure the layout of the notes.
• the entire page is used

6. WHAT GOES WHERE?
• Major headings are written in the left
column
• Details go in the right column.
• bulleted points
• summaries of what’s said
• definitions

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8. STEP 1:WRITE THE TOPIC OR CHAPTER TITLE ACROSS
THE TOP THE NOTES PAGE
THE AMERICAN DREAM

9. STEP 2: DIVIDE A PAPER
INTO TWO COLUMNS
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Left column 1/3
Right column 2/3

10. STEP 3: WRITE THE MAJOR
HEADINGS OF TEXT IN
THE LEFT COLUMN
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Topic 1 goes here
Topic 2 goes here

11. STEP 4: USE THE RIGHT COLUMN
FOR MAIN IDEAS
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Topic 1 goes here
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