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I never wrote down any notes at university. My process was: - Review material on Moodle before lecture. - Go to lecture. Don't write anything. - Review m
by jkabrg 8y ago
I never wrote down any notes at university. My process was:
- Review material on Moodle before lecture.
- Go to lecture. Don't write anything.
- Review material again on Moodle after lecture.
I don't know how you don't lose your notes, or have material missing from your notes because you were sick one day.
- mercer 8y agoI wish I had a source, but I recall reading multiple studies that indicate your approach is preferable to writing tons of notes during the lecture. some keywords or doodles might work, but apparently furious note-taking is counter-productive.
- magicalhippo 8y agoGuess it depends heavily on classes. For the math oriented classes, I found taking notes from what the lecturer wrote on blackboard/overhead to be invaluable. I very often did not have to look at the notes afterwards, but I _had_ to write them in order to remember. If I didn't write it down, I only recalled a fraction of it. Of course, pacing is important, so that I could think about what was said and written, without having to overcommit to either. This is why PowerPoint doesn't work for me, as I have to chose to spend my mental capacity turning the PowerPoint into lecture notes, or listen. I can't seem to do both at the same time.
- mercer 8y agoThat's a good point. I find that my approach to programming lectures, for example, is quite different from my college days (psychology). And even then there was a difference between the 'typical' lectures and the ones on statistics and methodology.