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I don't think taking notes is the most important part of learning from a lecture. For me, throughout the years, actively participating in lectures through askin
by markussss 9y ago
I don't think taking notes is the most important part of learning from a lecture. For me, throughout the years, actively participating in lectures through asking questions or discussing the concept being talked about, either with the lecturer or the person I'm sitting beside. Compared to taking notes, this has lead to me gaining a deeper understanding than when writing or typing everything that is being said during the meeting or the lecture. Usually, the only things I write down in meetings and lectures are words or concepts I don't already understand so I can research those later, or specific tasks that I am going to do as a result of the meeting or lecture.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoI've never understood the thing about taking notes myself (mind you I never did any higher education); what is the lecture explaining that isn't in the textbook? The textbook should be all the notes and information you need, maybe supplemented with online; not keeping notes will allow you to focus on the lecture itself, which should be an extra on top of the book.
- txcwpalpha 9y agoThe actual act of taking the information and processing it into your own words, and then also the act of actually writing those words down, has been shown to improve memory retention and understanding of that information over what you would get from simply reading the same information in a textbook.