After trying several complicated note-taking tactics, I was attracted to the outline method's simplicity and effectiveness. Safe to say, it delivered on the promise. I write notes to plan my goals, ...

The primary purpose of note taking is to encourage active learning and to prepare study materials for exams. Developing note taking skills should help you organize information into an understandable ...

If you have a serious need to memorize, you usually must take notes. Just what is it that I think is valuable about note taking? First and foremost is the requirement for engagement. Students must pay ...

Have you ever felt like your notes are more of a cluttered archive than a useful tool? Maybe you’ve scribbled down ideas, bookmarked articles, or highlighted passages in books, only to find them ...

A while back, in my corporate days, I was experiencing this far too often. So I went back to my college days and pulled out a note-taking method I used to use, one of the most popular note-taking ...

Have you ever felt like your notes are just a chaotic collection of thoughts, scattered across notebooks, apps, or sticky notes, never quite coming together into something useful, like a second brain?

Learning how to take notes in college is one of the many new responsibilities that comes freshman year. Students need to be prepared since professors often dive into the course material as early as ...

As a business leader, you might find yourself asking, “What is a good note-taking system?” As Jeff Su put it, “The less friction you experience, the more effective the note-taking system.” He ...

During WWII, a colonel from Alaska asked Prof. Emeritus Walter J. Pauk to draft a brief guide on how to teach his soldiers to read and study effectively for their correspondence courses. The guide ...

Good note taking skills start before the class begins. It is important to read all the required assignments ahead of time. Lectures are designed to supplement the reading assignments, not replace them ...

If you have a serious need to memorize, you usually must take notes. Just what is it that I think is valuable about note taking? First and foremost is the requirement for engagement. Students must pay ...