Note taking and Note making as oral discussion at a meeting or lecture.

TASK.

Or Note making is the process of taking down important information from spoken texts such as lectures, speeches or other learning opportunity in order to review and remember the information later. 

Or Note taking is the passive process which is done at lectures whereas note making is more active and focused activity where assimilate all information and make sense of it for yourself.

OBJECTIVES OF NOTE TAKING.

To review past lesson regularly, Note taking lead the person to review past lesson regularly since the taken note can be used as reference in one way or another.

To recite (repeating key concepts from class), Note taking have a positive impact on student learning, not surprisingly the preponderance of studies confirm that students recall more lecture material if they record in their notes.

To reflect, Note taking lead the person to connect class ideas and other sources or readings.

PRINCIPLE OF NOTE TAKING

Jean (1959) introduces the principle of Note taking as follows.

Note the idea, not the word, writing down what you understood in your own words, not what you heard. This will help in recalling and increase the understanding on your own.

The rules of abbreviation, if you have time write the word a completely as possible however if a word must be abbreviated then write some of the first and last letter rather than trying to write as many latter from the start onwards.

Example: statistics – st^ics

               Main hall – Mh

               Mwtara 8 – Mtr 8

Links, the part of any speech that is both the most important and the most difficult to note is the sequence of ideas and the links between them. Use the some sets of simplified notations for recurrent linking words of similar meaning

Example: as – This is because or this is why

            Tho – although

The most of the relationship between “entities” and/or propositions can be expressed by the,&, /. Symbols may be used them creatively =, ≥, ≠, ≤.

Negation and emphasis, these are two essential element of any speech and as such should be noted unambiguously.

Example: It was agreed – OK or Ok^d

               It was not agreed – ok

               It was not agreed – no ok

               The study is interesting – int^g

               The study is very interesting – int^g

Verticality and shift.

Verticality means taking notes from the top to bottom rather than left to right. This method make it possible to :-

a)      Group ideas logically, allowing a complete and immediate synthesis when we come to read back our notes.

b)      To do away with many links this would otherwise be essential to the clarity of the text.

Shift means writing notes in the place on lower line where they would have appeared that the text on the line above been repeated.

IMPORTANCE OF NOTE TAKING

It is essential for providing you with the necessary evidence to inform and develop your argument.

It assists you in concentrating on and understanding the information you are reading by helping you to summarize the ideas and arguments in the text.

It allows you to focus on the points relevant to your purpose.

Taking notes forces one to listen carefully and test his/her understanding of the material.

Personal notes are usually easier to remember than the text.

Notes developed using an active and critical approach will also allow you to retrieve your argument before you begin writing.

NOTE MAKING

Note making is the more active and focused activities where you assimilate all information and make sense of it for yourself.

Note making is the process of review connecting and synthesizing ideas from your lectures or reading which contain guidance and activities that will help you to reflect on your current approach to taking and making notes and suggestion for how to make your notes more meaningful and useful.

HOW TO MAKE NOTES

Reading of passage or the extract provided

While reading the extract, underline the important key sentences. It helps in the formation of the titles and subtitles.

Make a rough note of all important and main points to be include and then give them a logical sequence

Use a format which is applicable to the extract and write down the summarization of the paragraph.

THINGS TO BE AVOIDED ON MAKING NOTE

        i.            Avoid the usage of full sentence.

      ii.            Do not left portion of the paragraph to make notes

    iii.            Do not include irrelevant parts of the extract while taking down notes.

IMPORTANCE OF NOTE MAKING

        i.            Keeping information handy whenever we require.

      ii.            Recollecting and recalling past events said or heard.

    iii.            Delivery of speeches for debates/discussion, writing an essay and revising lessons before examinations.

    iv.            Making notes allows us to reduce the information into manageable size.

Although Note taking and Note making seems to have the different between due to how they work in note but also has  some similarities like involving writing skills during the writing, aim to be used for future reference as the person need to refer those notes, include writing skills in order to make the effective notes the one should be good in writing since person have to write, involves effective careless and effective follow up  of the writer, to make and take the note the writer should be care and good in listening of the speech and lectures as well as reading several reference and mostly theyleads the student to remember the facts easier as it utilizes both reading and listening senses.