Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting

Kristine Setting Clark

doi:10.5771/9781475850895

Summary

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying or reviewing for an exam. Worksheets and practices are included in many of the chapters. What makes Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting different from other notetaking curriculums is that it teaches a form of shorthand to notetaking. They will also be guided through developing their own, personal speedwriting system. Included at the back of the book is an extensive, alphabetized catalog of Commonly Used Words and Their Speedwriting Abbreviations. Taking effective notes, whether by hand or on a computer/tablet, helps the student to retain information on what has been said or written down long after the lecture or classroom lesson is over. Whether you are taking notes from a book, for research, from a lecture, from a recording or from media/online resources, Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will give you the tools to retain information and master the skill of notetaking.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-5087-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-5089-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 110
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
Chapter 1: The Importance of Notetaking No access Pages 1 - 2
1. Commonly Used Words and Their Abbreviations No access
1. WORDS ABBREVIATIONS No access
Chapter 4: A Prescription for Successful Notetaking No access Pages 11 - 12
1. The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake No access
2. The Best Candidates for the Presidency No access
3. Football’s Greatest Quarterback No access
4. Hurricane Leaves Hundreds Homeless No access
5. Controlling Stress No access
6. Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded No access
7. Plane Crashes After Takeoff No access
8. Dog Saves Child in Swimming Pool No access
9. Cause of Five Alarm Fire No access
10. “Volcano Erupts in Hawaii” No access
11. New Vaccine Discovered No access
1. Worksheets No access
Chapter 7: Practicing with a Recorded Presentation No access Pages 25 - 26
Chapter 8: How to Take Notes During a Lecture No access Pages 27 - 28
1. Great White Sharks No access
2. The Octopus No access
1. Skimming No access
2. Looking Over Your Textbook No access
3. Outlining No access
4. Outlines Are Made up of Main Titles, Subtitles, and Details No access
5. Basic Outline Format No access
6. Begin with the First Paragraph No access
7. Now Skip to the Last Paragraph of the Chapter No access
8. Recording Each and Every Main Title No access
9. Now Record Each and Every Subtitle No access
10. Taking Notes—Reading the First and Last Paragraph of Each Subtitle Section No access
11. Skim the Entire Chapter No access
12. Sample Outline No access
13. The Civil War No access
14. 1862 No access
15. 1863 No access
16. 1874–1865 No access
Chapter 11: How to Take Notes During a News or Subject Interview No access Pages 41 - 42
1. Meeting Notes No access
2. Taking Effective Meeting Notes No access
3. Main Points on the Agenda No access
4. Action Items No access
5. Ideas, Questions, and Follow-Ups No access
6. Sample Meeting Notes Template No access
7. A Couple of Tips When Writing Your Meeting Notes No access
8. How to Take Minutes during a Meeting No access
9. Plan Ahead No access
10. Use the Agenda as a Guide No access
11. Transcribing Your Notes No access
12. Distributing the Minutes No access
13. Always Save Your Minutes No access
14. Sample Minutes Template #1 No access
15. Sample Minutes Template #2 No access
1. Johnny and Richie—The Twins No access
2. JOHNNY No access
3. RICHIE No access
4. JOHNNY AND RICHIE No access
5. Lists No access
6. Hollywood’s Movie Messages No access
7. Hollywood’s Movie Messages No access
8. The Teachings of Scuba Diving No access
9. Notes on The Teachings of Scuba Diving No access
10. Chronological List No access
11. How to Make Great Chocolate Chip Cookies No access
12. The Cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles No access
13. The Cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles No access
1. Throwing a Pot on the Wheel No access
2. Notes No access
3. Summary No access
4. The Game of Basketball and How It All Started No access
5. NOTES No access
6. SUMMARY No access
7. Jack London, Author (1876–1910) No access
8. Notes No access
9. SUMMARY No access
Speedwriting Dictionary No access Pages 65 - 104
References No access Pages 105 - 106
About the Author No access Pages 107 - 110