LISTENING AND NOTE-TAKING SKILLS
a. Characteristics of active versus passive listening
b. Levels of listening, i.e. ignoring, pretending, selective, attentive,
empathetic
c. Note-taking strategies
- Developing a shorthand system
- Using abbreviations
- Recognizing verbal and non-verbal cues
- Identifying main ideas and details
- Organizing by indenting/ numbering/lettering
d. The Cornell Note-taking System: a ten-step system for organizing,
taking and reviewing lecture notes
Suggested Activities
- In-class practice sessions using standard abbreviations
- Peer comparison of notes taken
- Multiple practice sessions with the Cornell Method
- Outside note-taking from practice sessions with videos, television,
or from a real college lecture
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