Why your terrible note-taking is ruining your grades (how to take better notes)

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Most students feel they have to take notes in lectures. They take notes because they are afraid they will forget what they are learning. But what they don’t realize is that taking notes in lectures is severely slowing down the learning process. In this video ill discuss why taking notes is harmful to learning and then I'll provide a better alternative if you must take notes.

🙏 Thanks for watching!
- Mike and Matty

00:00 Introduction
1:10 Why Your Notes Suck
1:47 Cognitive Load
3:37 Real world example
5:16 Improving your notes
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Yeah I’ve never understood why my teachers always force us to take notes when we have everything that they’re saying in a textbook and then you’re so busy taking notes that you don’t pay attention to what they’re saying and then you miss the explanations and end up confused for an entire hour

FizaHasnain
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What I took from this video: be focussed on the action of learning, thinking and engaging with the content instead of focused on taking notes. If you take notes (afterwards), they must be concise, straight to the point and useful for active learning. Some options are flashcards, mind-maps, flow charts and the Feynmann method.

manuchy
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This is exactly why lecturers/teachers should all provide the notes/slides before class, so students can just focus and add notes for comprehension or fill in digestible gaps, 60 minutes of transcribing equations, diagrams or dense text never helped anyone!

dimavak
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As a nursing student who had her first clinicals, i also made the mistake of bringing the 9 page assessment form and trying to write down everything the patient was saying word for word. I ended up asking repetitive questions and taking such a long time. Second rotation i just spoke with the client and wrote what i heard afterwards. And its true, you can and will be able to remember everything.

annejones
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Mike and Matty. You are the reason i've gotten great grades recently. You are covering soo many aspects of what it means to be a student. When i am at rock-bottom in my studies, your content honestly really gelps. I am greatful! I dig your new style of content aswell 🤟

ErlendOnYoutube
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Spot on. Having this issue right now in 3rd year biochemistry. Very complex small details and im just scrambling to write everything down because the class is so fast paced. Then it came time to study for the exam and I literally learned it for the first time from my notes, I never really learned in class, I just copied notes.

rachl
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So I have ADHD and our biggest struggle is working memory. And being able to find the brain file we filed away after learning a new concept. If I didn't take notes I would have no clue what class was about. Even if I'm fully paying attention. It's my biggest struggle.

Peach_hindu
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When someone speaks of note-taking as dangerous, me, being my 'aesthetic' self, cannot process such information.

zurikaloki
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I've been taking notes for three years now, and the first thing you said about making comprehensive notes is *vital*, i've gotten quite good at it, to the point where i can break down what my teacher's saying mid lecture and actually make it easier to understand my notes later, not have them feel like big, fancy, and unnecessary word vomits, doing this has allowed me to halve definitions while still retaining the core essentials that make it up.





now, with that said: screw teachers that want the definition word-for-word.

potatodude
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I love the humor and creativity of your videos. They also explain useful information in a more digestible way. Your storytelling skills have improved too. Great job guys

tarbsmwale
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I struggle a lot with this because I've recently learned I might have ADHD (still need to get tested but it's very likely), and writing things down does help. I just recently discovered your videos and I enjoy the content you create. My problem here is the part about not taking notes. I can't sit there and listen in a lecture because as hard as I try to focus my mind will wander off whether I want it to or not. I don't think writing notes from the textbook is bad. It's honestly helped me a lot and reading through them helps as well because it's a lot more difficult for it to stick. The colored notes help me remember what is important. I think your video about notes is great but, and this is just my opinion and I don't know what other people think so I could be wrong correct me if I am please, I feel there should be mention for those of us who have a harder than normal time focusing. If y'all have a video on this I haven't seen it yet so I'm going in a little blind here, please forgive me. If y'all have any tips or videos or recommendations for someone like me I would be glad to take a look at those!

Akibluna
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Always appreciate it when you take your time to explain matters to us rookies, captain !

sayuu_chan
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I believe you should take notes after the professor or the person in front of you has completed explaining a topic or speaking about their issue. It's best to stay focused while they are teaching and write down what you have learned as soon as the professor completes the topic (on the same day). I do not recommend taking notes while the professor is speaking, as you'll stay unfocused and won't learn anything.

justmrkhan
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Yes! Someone who defends this idea! Thank you! I hate to take a lot of notes. I cannot not to think about the grammar and orthography and making notes somewhat nice so I can comprehend it later. And "write by hand to memorise better" theory... No, dear teachers, I remember the information because I studied with proper technics AFTER the class, definetly not during intesive hand-painfull scribling. Conclusion: focus on comprehension during the class, write down what is lacking in already existing material, highlight what is absolutely necessary for exam (always specified by normal teachers).

lissicalathairyble
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Once I've read another article where they claimed that you should take notes.
Honestly I feel like taking notes forces me to pay more attention on the lecture.
If I just listen my brain just starts to think about other stuff then I realize "shit I didn't listen". But sometimes I feel like I would like to take notes, but I have so much difficulty to understand what the prof is telling, its Impossible without stopping to understand.

wasgeht
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I love your videos so much! totally agree with the point of how you should first understand the concept and then write it down. I use the feynman technique and flow charts very often and they are super helpful so it's good to know that I'm doing the right thing. however, I should probably use flashcards too! taking that advice from this video. good work guys!

fcyj
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Kind of not related to the video but I am just so appreciative of this universe and community you guys built with Cajun Koi Academy. I love the lessons and the people I meet. It's so useful and immersive and honestly even though I love our still sorta small (but growing) community I will be so disappointed if you guys don't blow up because of how amazing this all is! That's all have a good day and keep working hard, I'm a huge fan <3

breegutierrez
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I love the idea of being present in the moment, but I would suggest this is not a "one size fits all" solution. As an ADHD person with auditory processing issues, class where I don't take notes or doodle is basically a class I didn't attend - I end up distracted, or, if it is a teacher with "wall of text on slides and hours of endless talking" style of teaching, I will probably retrieve about 10% of information said during such class. For me (handwritten) note taking is a way for me to structure the topic in my brain and I found out I learn best from my own handwriting - I tend to remember how the topic was structured in my notebook visually. You could tell I need the sound-to-visual translation, and the only way for me to do that efficiently and learn stuff that was said during a lecture (and it's not in the textbook) is to take notes.

elis
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e-senpai
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This is actually make sense! I am medical student and a huge note taker nerd. It felt incomplete if im not jotting down every word from my lecturer or my patient during practical. In the end, im not reviewing my notes at all because it's messy. Then i tried to take history from my patient without scribbling anything. Be more present in the conversation and suprisingly, i was able to remember the details. I guess this video explains it. Thank you!

By the way, i wish i discovered this channel sooner as im in my final year of medschool. But it's never too late to change i guess. wish me luck

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