BS Tech Sargodha Pakpolytechnic institute

Q. what type of note taking do you follow? why do you find this method effective? Support your answer with suitable samples as ifas if from your own notes?  

           Effective note taking from lectures and readings is an essential skill for university studies. Good note taking allows permanent record for revision that you can put together with your own writing and speaking efforts. Good note taking reduces the risk of copying. It also helps you differentiate where your ideas came from and how you reflect about those ideas.

If we give note taking activity another name as captivating will be more suitable. In this activity a student is assigned work to perform. He is put under reading, speaking or writing. He/she is centre of activity. Lectures in class are attended with great care and focus. A student is mentally active and prepared so that he/she could understand and respond what is being conveyed to him. The more  he focuses , the more he gets looks better answer in this regard.

The prior thing is the authentic material and second priority is to exemplify the material with instances. Whatever the work is done in the class the student is awarded marks for encouragement. Moreover, better ideas should be increased in the syllabus.

Four Salient Features

1.    The basis of education should be clear, it is meant that the subject taught must be significantly obvious. Either it is philosophy or mathematics. In this respect, a clear perspective would be taken. Planning and objectivity of the course outline should be decided. Internal structure of outline should be a decisive point which inserts more strength to educational measurement, material, teaching and learning skill.

2.    More stress is laid on course outline and its related issues like material, organization, tendencies and changes. Discipline and organizational ability are always needed to manage the material of textbooks.

3.    Third part consists on solution of problems, search and design.

4.    More stress is laid on learning, measuring process, cooperation and team work. Practical work is more important where they seek more opportunities to enable themselves for better future.