Excelia - LRET - séance 4

Question 1

Why is taking notes central in your life as a student ?

Answer 1

BECAUSE you need to memorize and integrate the knowledge presented in class.

Question 2

What is the problem with memory ?

Answer 2

You can’t memorize information from the first shot after hearing or reading it just once.

Question 3

What are the 2 main ressources for your revision

Answer 3

There are 2 main resources to help you do this revision work: course materials and your notes.

Question 4

what is the strategy to bypass the “oneshot” limit of memory

Answer 4

You’ll have to immerse yourself in the same piece of knowledge several times over to get it into your head. That is call revising

Question 5

Key message :
The better your notes…

Answer 5

…. the better your revisions

Question 6

What can make memorizing harder ?

Answer 6

it’s hard to memorize what you don’t understand. The less you understand, the harder it is to retain information.

Question 7

What should be your goal when taking notes

Answer 7

taking smart notes is not only transcribing and rephrasing, it means highlighting the main ideas and showing the links and articulations between them. Taking notes is therefore also active work.

Question 8

What does it mean : “taking active notes” ?

Answer 8

Means that you don’t passively transcript and summarize what you hear or read. You have to highlight big ideas and articulate them.