Advantages - Helps you track conversation and dialogues where you would normally be confused and lose out on relevant content. Reduces amount of writing necessary. Provides easy review mechanism for both memorization of facts and study of comparisons and relationships. Disadvantages - few disadvantages except learning how to use the system and locating the appropriate categories. You must be able to understand what's happening in the lecture When to Use - Test will focus on both facts and relationships.
Content is heavy and presented fast.
You want to reduce the amount of time you spend editing and reviewing at test time. You want to get an overview of the whole course on one big paper sequence. The Sentence Method Method - Write every new thought, fact or topic on a separate line, numbering as you progress. Advantages - Slightly more organized than the paragraph. Gets more or all of the information.