The Rampage #4 March 2020

The Rampage

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4 Choose themethod of note-taking that works best for you : Outline, Cornell, Boxing, or Mind-Mapping. Don’t be afraid to create a combination of methods to suit your individual style. Once you’ve chosen a method, or have created your own, prepare to take a majority of your notes in that format. Doing this may assist in the maintenance of a routine – providing a sense of comfort and confidence on where to begin when taking notes.

The Boxing Method

Subject 1 • • •

The Outline Method ◊ This is amain topic • This is a subtopic - Thoughts... - Supporting facts...

Subject 2

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Subject 3

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Cornell

Date

• Main Notes

Mind-Mapping

* Key Thoughts

Keywords Questions

Summary

5 Finally, the last stem is to review your notes – this is the refreshing part. Don’t be afraid to get creative with your notes. As you go back through your notes, add any extra examples or details you may have forgotten. Highlight your notes with a color system. For example, red indicates you don’t understand, green normally correlates positivity (you know the material and it is important), and yellow raises caution or awareness of information that you sort of understand, but have questions about. These colors can be interchanged with other colors, but it is important to give each color a purpose. Now that your notes are complete, whether you’ve written them in a five-subject notebook, typed them out on a computer or used an iPad, make sure to print them out and place them all in the same place (i.e. an organized binder, five-subject notebook, specific files, etc.).