How to Take Notes | Science-Based Strategies to Earn Perfect Grades

These are the best method to take notes in class, lecture, or from the textbook. With deliberate incorporation of active learning study methods, you can spend less time studying while simultaneously getting better grades. Here's how.

TIME STAMPS:
00:53 - Note-Taking Foundations
03:39 - The Verdict | Notebook vs Laptop
03:48 - Eliminate Distractions
04:01 - Avoid Transcribing
04:37 - Take Advantage of Images & Figures
04:57 - Use a Tablet
05:50 - Note Taking
05:55 - The Cornell Method
06:19 - The Outline Method
06:58 - Note Interacting & Reflecting
08:00 - Summary Sheets
09:16 - Synthesis Questions
10:14 - Flashcards

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[amritakrishna]

When you have to take notes on how to take notes..

[Lppt]

1. eliminate distraction.
2. avoid transcription.
3. take advantage of images or figures.
4. write in a tablet.
5. NO cornell, outline method.
6. active learning.
7., summary sheets. concept heavy. active learning.
8. synthesis question.
9. flash cards.

[krishshethiya]

Me: Wants to make notes.
Prof: I am beginning to feel like a rap god.

[billseota]

"I type at 145 words per minute". I questioned my entire life after he said that

[marl]

i’ve been the most productive i’ve ever been the past two weeks and that’s purely because of all of the things i’ve learned watching medical students on youtube recently

[cooper]

I have a different perspective: take notes twice.
First, take almost verbatum notes or just ensure everything is down on paper (written), while trying to pay attention and underline or bold what is emphasized.
Then, later that day (absolutely that day, not tomorrow), re-write a highly condensed version of the notes. This involves focusing on what is important and summarizing in my own words. This is also the second time I have reviewed the information, and this second note-taking step is also essentially a review step. I then file these secondary notes as a section in a binder before the class notes and typically don't review the original notes again unless a friend missed the lecture.
Yes, this is a lot to do, but I found this process was best for me and helped me a lot.

[DoctorNosa]

Currently studying for exams and anki is STILL my go to even after medical school!

[iiraxrie]

0:54- Note-taking foundations
3:40- The Verdict | Notebook vs Laptop
1. 3:48 Eliminate distractions
2. 4:03 Avoid Transcribing- Active Learning is king! (While in lecture, your priority should be to *understand the information.* To facilitate this process and avoid regurgitating, put it into ur own words. The data on the utility of transcribing is conflicting, but that's due to study limitations and overall poor note-taking strategies within the studies.
4:37- Take advantage of images & figures
4:58- Use a tablet
5:50- Note-taking
1. 5:55 Cornell method. (On the left side, write down key words or qns that u use to quiz yourself later. On the right side, take notes in traditional nested outline format. At the bottom, write a summary of the information on the page.)
2. 6:20 Outline method. (Start with a main topic or idea and if there's a subtopic related to that idea,
-Main Point
• Subtopic
   • Supporting idea
   • Supporting idea
• Another main point
  • subtopic
- Advantages
   • Organized
   • Incredibly easy
- Disadvantages
   • Easy to misuse
7:00- Note interacting & reflecting
8:00- Summary sheets (1. Concept heavy. 2. Active learning)
9:16- Synthesis qns
10:15- Flashcards (Free flashcard app- Anki)
You're welcome 😊 Thank u for giving me tips. I really want to become a doctor when I grow up.

[MissyLouVlogs]

Handwritten notes are more memorable and customizable then digital - Handwritten is a win for me! The less I have to touch my phone or a laptop the better.

[catharsis]

i love the fact that everyone is giving more tips in the comments and i'm just here chilling because i can't write or type fast so i always miss half of the information lmao

[misscypher]

Had no idea but I’ve been using the Outline Method this entire time!

[Casey.]

As an artist, I find doing detailed drawings helps me remember anatomy. It's impossible to not remember the parts of the brain after drawing it for 1-2 hours, haha.

[Melissa-bbxd]

I've noticed what works best for me is not taking too many notes during class, just adding things the teacher says that are not in the book. Then, when it's time to study, I sum up the class into my own words.

[rajgabbynatt]

"don't simply write smaller" I felt like you were speaking to me directly.

[J-jizzy_]

I use an iPad and Apple Pencil.
I type my notes first, then condense my typed notes into concise hand-written notes. Then use quizlet to memorize facts, concepts and definitions.
EDIT: I have replaced Quizlet with Anki — for it is vastly superior in every way.

[viv]

What has always worked for me regardless of subject or tool (paper/computer) is first transcribing as much as possible without overthinking if something's important/interesting enough. When in doubt I write it down. Then I create a condensed/reorganized version of my notes while studying, along with other active practices (answering questions, testing myself, etc.). By far my favorite tool for organizing notes is a computer hooked up to 2 monitors so I can have reference material (original notes/digital textbook/outside resource etc.) maximized on 1 monitor & note-taking software on the other.

[ricsonescalicas]

I'll use both methods. Cornell during the class and outline after the class specifically when I'm studying at home. In my perspective, this is so as Cornell is efficient during the class as you can't classify easily what's much more important than the other things your teacher is talking about, just let him finished teaching. Your teacher might emphasized something, then emphasized another one, it's unpredictable. Your teacher might tell something very important later on and you just realized that it's much more important than the one you wrote first so you need to reorganize it(if you're using outline during the class) and this could mean hundreds of erasures so Cornell is good during the class as this doesn't require a hierarchy. Outline is efficient when I know what's much more important and put the information from the Cornell notes I've made during the class into a hierarchy of information that I can easily remember. If any of you have a good suggestion, do let me know. :)

[dukebozikowski]

This wasn't just taking good notes, this was how to best do school!

[dageekoftheweek]

I am not a medical student, but I'm trying to teach myself electronics because when I was in school I got intimidated by the math and gave up on it, I always regretted that and now have a bit more time to re learn things, I have a feeling this will help greatly, thanks for the work you do.

[eugenioleanza]

1 Remove distractions
2 Avoid transcribing
3 Use images and figures
4 Use a tablet
5 Use the outline method
6 Fact or concept heavy?
7:13
- Synthesis questions (Fact heavy)
- Create summary sheets (Concept heavy)
7 Create flashcards with Anki