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FACE A NOTE-TAKING CHALLENGE

Complete the following on paper or in digital format.
Get set to take in and record information in your most difficult class.
1. What is the name of the course that is most challenging for you right now?

2. Consult your syllabus for this course. What do you have to read (text sections and/or other materials) before your
next class?
3. Where will you sit in class to focus your attention and minimize distractions?
4. Which note-taking format is best suited for the class and why?
5. Who are two classmates whose notes you can borrow if you miss a class or are confused about material? Include
phone numbers and/or email addresses.

HOW CAN YOU
take notes faster?

Personal shorthand is a practical intelligence strategy for writing faster. Because
you are the only intended reader, you can misspell and abbreviate words in ways that
only you understand. A risk of using shorthand is that you might forget what your own
writing means. To avoid this problem, review your notes shortly after class and prop-
erly spell any words that are confusing.
The following suggestions will help you master shorthand. Many will be familiar
SHORTHAND
A format of rapid hand- and you may already use them in your emails, texts, and instant messages. As useful as
writing that employs,
they are for note taking, make sure you do not use them in assignments that you turn in.
abbreviations, and
shortened words to 1. Use standard abbreviations in place of complete words.
represent words and
with, without
Cf
compare, in comparison to

w/, w/o
phrases.
Q
→
means; resulting in
Ur you are Ff following
question
← as a result of gr8 great
↑ increasing Pov point of view
↓ decreasing < less than
� therefore > more than
b/c because = Equals
≈ approximately b&f back and forth
+ or & and ∆ change
Y why 2 to; two; too
No. or # number Afap as far as possible
i.e. that is, e.g. for example
cos change of subject c/o care of
6 Ng no good lb pound
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