Note Making: Why It's So Important? Discover Ideal Methods, Benefits and Other Top Facts!
Abstract Effective note-making is an important practice to master at university. You have a lot of new knowledge and you need to develop reliable mechanisms for recording and retrieving it when necessary. But note-making is also a learning process in itself, helping you to process and understand the information you receive. Good note-making... enables you to avoid unintentional plagiarism helps you to focus on what is important in what you are reading or hearing helps you to understand and remember material, and make connections helps you to structure the assignments you're researching provides a personal record of what you've learnt (more useful than your lecturer's or friends' notes) and records your questions and ideas sets you up for exam revision There can be problems... note-making can distract you from listening to lectures note-making can put additional stress on those who do not write naturally you can end up with so many notes that you have to spen