Taking good notes Have you ever stared at your heavy textbook，your piles of handouts and wished you knew just what questions your teacher planned to put on the next big test？Lacking a crystal ball，most students feel they have no choice but to look through all that material，drill it into their brains，and hope they can remember the right parts as test time.
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C

C

If you learn the best ways to take good notes，you'll make the job of studying for tests a lot easier from now on.
   Keep up with your assigned textbook reading.Come to class with an interest in the material and with questions to be answered.You can develop these by thinking about and expecting the lecture and by pre-reading the text.（2）

G

G

Date each day's notes and leave wide margins（页边空白）.Dated notes guide you to the right material to study for a test.At test time，the extra margins give you room to add more information if you need it.（3）

F

F

Write down main ideas and underline or highlight them.Main ideas give you the big picture of information，the reasons why events took place.Write out a main idea whenever you think you hear one.（4）

E

E

This kind of notetaking helps you connect related information，making it easier for you to remember it for a test later on.
   Use abbreviations and symbols to make note taking easier.Here are a few simple ones：
   +：plus，and
   =：equal，same as，similar，like
   Eg：for example
   w/o：without
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B

B

If you write down something that doesn't make sense，talk to someone right away to clear up the problem.

A.Write out a main idea.
B.See your teacher or a classmate about confusing notes.
C.That's the hard way to study.
D.This gives you an overall sense of what the text is about.
E.Then use single words or short phrases to list related details that tie into the big idea.
F.Also，the extra space will make it easier for you to find the material.
G.When you are prepared，your teachers comments make more sense.