How I take notes - Tips for neat and efficient note taking | Studytee
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator shares an updated method for effective note-taking, combining lecture and textbook notes. The process starts with skimming lecture topics a day before and jotting down key concepts. During lectures, grid paper and erasable pens are used for neatness and flexibility. The creator emphasizes having an organized system, using colored pens for key terms, and incorporating diagrams after lectures for better understanding. Reviewing and refining notes soon after lectures, using abbreviations, and creating brief summaries are also highlighted to enhance study efficiency. Viewers are encouraged to find a personalized system that works best for them.
Takeaways
- 📚 Prepare for lectures by skimming through the topics and writing down key words as a checklist.
- 📝 Use grid paper for neat and organized notes with narrower spacing for small handwriting.
- 📂 Prefer loose leaf paper over notebooks to avoid spirals and easily store notes in a binder.
- ✏️ Utilize erasable pens like Pilot FriXion for writing and Uniball Signo for extra colors to keep notes clean.
- 📋 Create a margin for extra space and follow a consistent system for organizing notes with paragraphs, bullet points, and arrows.
- 🖍️ Highlight important terms with a colored pen to easily identify key concepts during revision.
- ⏱️ Save time by using abbreviations but ensure you remember their meanings.
- 🖼️ Leave space for diagrams during lectures and draw them later for more detail and understanding.
- 🔄 Review notes after lectures to draw diagrams, check the checklist, and add any missing information.
- 🖍️ Use a highlighter to emphasize important points and write brief summaries at the bottom of the page for quick revision.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is an updated method of taking notes for lectures and textbooks during university, combining efficiency and neatness.
What does the speaker do the day before the lecture to prepare for note-taking?
-The speaker skims through the topics for the upcoming lecture and writes down key words on a piece of paper as a checklist to ensure all central topics and concepts are included in the notes.
What type of paper does the speaker prefer for taking notes during lectures?
-The speaker prefers using grade paper for notes due to the grid support for neatness and organization, and the narrower spacing which is suitable for small handwriting.
Why does the speaker prefer loose leaf paper over notebooks?
-The speaker prefers loose leaf paper because it avoids the inconvenience of a spiral binding and allows for easy organization in a binder after the notes are finished.
What kind of pens does the speaker recommend for note-taking and why?
-The speaker recommends erasable pens, specifically Pilot FriXion 0.5 millimeter pens for writing, and other FriXion pens for coloring, along with Uniball Signo erasable pens for extra colors, as they allow for easy correction of mistakes without crossing out or using whiteout.
How does the speaker organize the content within the notes?
-The speaker uses a system of starting a new paragraph for each concept, bullet points for additional information, arrows for short examples, and boxes for calculation examples and important information.
Why does the speaker use colored pens to write down important terms?
-Using colored pens helps the speaker to easily identify the most important terms while skimming through notes during revision, and the process of changing pens and taking extra time to write these terms aids in remembering them.
What is the speaker's advice on using abbreviations while taking notes?
-The speaker advises using abbreviations to save time, but emphasizes the importance of ensuring that they are memorable so as not to cause confusion later when reviewing the notes.
Why does the speaker recommend making space for diagrams during lectures but waiting to draw them after the lecture?
-The speaker finds that drawing diagrams after the lecture allows for more detailed and understandable illustrations, ensuring that only diagrams relevant to the topics discussed are included, and also serves as a revision of the topic.
How does the speaker refine the notes after the lecture?
-The speaker refines the notes by quickly reading through them, drawing diagrams, checking the checklist for completeness, adding any missing information, using the margin for additional details, and reading through the notes again to highlight important points.
What is the final step the speaker takes in the note-taking process?
-The final step is writing a brief summary at the bottom of the page focusing on main ideas and difficult concepts, which can be used for quick revision before tests or exams.
Is there an optional step the speaker mentions for enhancing the appearance of notes?
-Yes, the speaker mentions an optional step of taking a few minutes to make the notes look neater, such as changing the title or making subheadings fancier, but clarifies that this is not necessary and should not be felt as obligatory.
Outlines
📚 University Note-Taking Techniques
The video script introduces an updated method for note-taking during university lectures and textbook study. The speaker shares personal strategies that have proven effective, starting with a pre-lecture skim to prepare a checklist of key topics. During lectures, the use of grid paper and erasable pens is recommended for neatness and flexibility. A consistent system for organizing notes, such as paragraphs for concepts, bullet points for details, and boxes for calculations or important terms, is emphasized. The speaker also suggests using colored pens for highlighting key terms and employing abbreviations to save time. Lastly, the importance of making space for diagrams during lectures and refining them post-lecture is discussed, as well as reviewing and summarizing notes afterward.
🖍️ Refining and Summarizing Notes
This paragraph continues the discussion on note-taking by detailing the process of refining notes after lectures. The speaker advises reviewing the checklist to ensure all central topics are covered and using the margin for additional information. Diagrams from the textbook are included if relevant, and a highlighter can be used to emphasize key points. The paragraph concludes with the suggestion of writing a brief summary at the bottom of the notes to capture main ideas and difficult concepts for easy revision. An optional step of neatening up the notes for aesthetic or clarity purposes is also mentioned. The video ends with an invitation for viewers to share their own note-taking tips and a sign-off until the next video.
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Keywords
💡Note-taking
💡Lecture Notes
💡Textbook Notes
💡Erasable Pens
💡Grid Paper
💡Loose Leaf Paper
💡Checklist
💡Abbreviations
💡Diagrams
💡Margin
💡Summary
Highlights
Updated video on how to take both lecture notes and textbook notes.
Different note-taking techniques tried during the first semester of university.
Note-taking process starts the day before the lecture by skimming through topics.
Writing down key words as a checklist to ensure all central topics are included.
Preference for using grid paper for neat and organized notes.
Using loose leaf paper over notebooks to avoid spiral interference and for easy binder storage.
Erasable pens preferred to avoid crossing out mistakes and for easy changes.
Creating a margin on the paper for extra space.
Using a systematic way to organize notes, such as new paragraphs for each concept and bullet points for extra information.
Colored pens used for important terms to make them stand out and aid memory.
Utilizing abbreviations to save time.
Waiting to draw diagrams until after the lecture for better detail and understanding.
Returning to lecture notes after the lecture to refine and complete them.
Using a highlighter to mark the most important points.
Writing a brief summary at the bottom of the page focusing on main ideas and difficult concepts.
Transcripts
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hello everyone I think it's safe to say
a long time no see but I'm finally back
with a new video today I'm going to make
an updated video on how I take notes and
this is going to be a combination of
both lecture notes and textbook notes
during my first semester of university
I've tried out different techniques for
note-taking and I have finally found the
way that works best for me so I'm going
to share some of the tips that have
helped me take notes that are both
efficient and neat and I hope that they
can help you as well for me my
note-taking process starts the day
before the lecture the first thing I do
is that I quickly skim through the
topics for the upcoming lecture and this
is just to get an overview of what I'm
going to learn so that I'm a bit more
prepared once I've skimmed through the
pages I like to just write down some key
words on a piece of paper this is going
to be my checklist for later to make
sure I've included all of these central
topics and concepts in my notes once
they're finished during lectures I
prefer using grade paper for my notes I
feel like the grid is a big support when
it comes to making my notes neat and
organized and it also makes the spacing
between the lines more narrow which is
useful for those of us with small
handwriting I also prefer a loose leaf
paper over notebooks just because I
don't have to deal with this spiral
getting in the way and also because I
put my notes in a binder when they're
finished when it comes to stationery
lately I've been mostly using erasable
pens that way I don't have to cross over
or use whiteout on any mistakes and I
can also just change my notes as much as
I like the pens i use the most are the
pilot FriXion 0.5 millimeter pens for
writing then they take your pilot
FriXion pens for coloring and the
uniball signo erasable pens for some
extra colors you should keep in mind
that these pens may be erased by
friction heat and other things but if
you are a bit careful you shouldn't have
too much trouble with them if there
isn't already a margin on the paper I
use a
quickly make one before I start writing
just to get some extra space that I will
use later a good tip for keeping your
notes neat and organized is to have a
certain system for organizing what's
right that you stick to for example I
start a new paragraph for each concept
then I use bullet points to add extra
information related to that concept and
I use arrows to include short examples
related to the current topic I also
write any calculation examples in a box
towards the middle of the page which
lets me find them easily if I go through
my notes at a later point looking for a
particular calculation I also use these
kind of cloud boxes to include any
additional important information that
doesn't necessarily fit into one of the
paragraphs my point isn't that you
should try to copy this particular
note-taking system but that you find one
that works for you having a system helps
you in keeping your notes organized and
you also spend less time figuring out
the layout of your notes another thing
that I've been doing for a while is
using a colored pen to write down
important terms when I skim through my
notes later while revising them I can
easily see the most important terms and
I also feel like the process of changing
pens and taking a bit of extra time to
write down these terms helps me and
remembering them another tip to save
time while taking notes is to use
abbreviations as much as you can just
make sure that you remember what the
abbreviations mean so that you don't get
confused while looking through your
notes later a final thing that I've
found to be very useful during lectures
is to make space for diagrams that the
professor goes through but waiting to
draw them until after the lecture as you
may know diagrams is one of the things
that I learned the most from and
therefore a central part of my notes and
I've found that by drawing them when the
lecture is over let me make them more
detailed so I can learn more from them
while I also get to revise the topic
while drawing the diagrams I usually
return to my lecture notes either later
the same day or the day after the
lecture I start by quickly reading
through them so that I remember the
topic well before I continue working on
them
the first thing I'll do is to draw the
diagrams we went through during the
lecture during them at home means that I
can spend more time making them detailed
and understandable and I also know that
I'm only spending time on diagrams that
are directly relevant to the topics
we've actually learned about if I find
that there are other diagrams from the
textbook that are relevant I will of
course draw them as well but most of the
time I've just used the ones than my
professors have used then I will return
to the checklist I made in the beginning
and see if we've covered all the central
topics if we're missing anything I'll
add it to my notes and I also use the
margin to add any additional important
information more examples or any details
that I feel is important to include
after this I will read through my notes
once again and I sometimes use a
highlighter for the step to highlight
what I feel are the most important
points in my notes
the last thing I'll do is that I will
write a brief summary at the bottom of
the page where I focus on the main ideas
and also the concepts I've found to be
the most difficult ones and then I can
use the summary when I want to quickly
revise my notes before a test or an exam
finally a completely optional last step
is to take a couple of minutes to make
your nose look neater if you feel like
it I usually don't do this myself but if
my notes look especially messy or if I
just want to do something creative
during a study break I might change the
title make these subheadings a bit
fancier or just anything that makes my
notes more appealing to study later this
is of course not necessary though and if
you don't feel like doing it you
definitely should not feel like you have
to so that is it for how I take notes
and I hope this could help you in
figuring out your own note-taking
process remember that everyone has
different techniques that work for them
and if you have any tips for note-taking
that you find useful then do feel free
to share them with everyone in the
comments thank you so much for watching
and I will see you soon way
another video
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