Recall Column

On this side:

a) Identify places to revisit, gaps where you need clarification or questions you have from the lecture.

b) Create questions to study from (based on the information to the right)

c) Highlight keywords

d) Make connections to other material either from your experience or from the textbook.

e) Reduce ideas and facts to concise summaries and important topics.

Note-Taking Column 

On this side:

1. Record: During the lecture, use the note taking column to record the lecture using concise sentences or phrases.

2. Ask: After class as soon as possible, formulate questions based on the notes in this right-hand column. Write down questions that will help you clarify meaning, reveal relationships, establish continuity, and strengthen memory. **This will help you study later on!

 3. Practice: Cover the right column with a sheet of paper. Then, looking at the question or cue-words in the left column only, say aloud, in your own words, the answers to the questions, facts, or ideas indicated by the cue-words.

4. Reflect: Reflect on the material by asking yourself questions. For example: “Why do I care? What principles are these ideas based on? How can I apply these ideas? How do they fit in with what I already know? What’s beyond them? What are the broader implications?

5. Review: spend at least ten minutes every week reviewing all your previous notes. If you do, you’ll retain a great deal for current use, as well as, for the exam.

On the bottom:

After class, use this space at the bottom of each page to summarize/synthesize the notes on that page.