If necessary, sit apart from friends or other classmates that may disturb you. In ordinary conversation we mentally interpret, classify, and summarize what is said. In classroom learning, we do this more effectively by keeping written notes. Note taking helps us to listen by providing a logical organization to what we hear. It is very difficult to listen to and remember disorganized, unrelated bits of information.
Organization is the key to effective listening and remembering.
The above letters are the names of player positions on a football team, with the vowel omitted. Note taking is the way you find the organization. Good note taking means finding the underlying structure of what is heard, discovering the skeleton of ideas on which the instructor has built his lecture. All rights reserved. Send them to the Webmaster .