Questions tagged [note-taking]
Questions in relation to note-taking. Note-taking is the practice of recording information usually during lectures of from books to assist you to identify the important ideas from that source.
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Note-taking software that is conducive to images?
Due to the lack of graphic tablets like iPad, I write my notes on paper, scan them, and keep them in obsidian. But I've realized that this is not the best way for some reasons:
Exporting to PDF is ...
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How do I take notes when I am studying from different sources?
When I was starting out, I used to stick to one book and take notes religiously from that book, but as time went on, I've started referring more and more books for one topic, and just jumping between ...
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How to effectively take notes when the professor reads off their lecture notes or presents slides?
I am looking for some advice on how to take notes effectively when the professor reads off their lecture notes or presents slides with marginal explanations. My preferred format is to have textual ...
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Should I use the university or personal account for note-taking?
I'm a first-year medical university student and was given a Microsoft email with the uni's domain that is also connected to a free Office 365 subscription.
The uni wants us to use their email to ...
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Is it advisable to use Wikipedia for note-making?
Some people summarize the content of a lecture to deepen their understanding, but I am thinking about using Wikipedia instead. Specifically, I mean finding the Wikipedia article (in my primary, non-...
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How many new ideas should notes or teaching material contain?
This video states that our brains can only hold 4 to 5 new things in working memory at any one time. If so, should notes or teaching material contain only 4 or 5 new ideas too?
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Efficient Note Taking during literature review?
I am doing a literature review for the first time and I am struggling with what kind of system I should be using regarding note-taking so that I do not have to go back and forth between papers.
Is ...
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How are other graduate students able to think on the spot during lectures or talks?
So this happened to me multiple times.
Scenario 1: I'm sitting in a lecture or listening to a talk (STEM related) which is more or less aligned with my background (so I know the big picture), and then ...
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How can I store sources in a structured manner?
I started writing a book on my own in lockdown about some critical social issues. For this I read some books online to gain more knowledge about the issue I am writing about (all books are online), ...
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How to take notes during lecture properly?
I am struggling with note taking during lectures for a long time. I find that if I only listen to the lecture I am able to understand the concepts properly. But the downside is that I often forget ...
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How to read and organize academic materials [duplicate]
It's a questions that haunts me for some day. I am a phd in computer science and recently when I need to read materials of different forms and take note, I somehow don't know how to decide. With the ...
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What are some practical examples of the use of a Luhmann box? [closed]
I've been looking at implementing a Zettelcasten. There are a ton of resources on the internet, including questions here as well as YouTube videos on how to set up your slip box and someone working ...
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Any tips for preventing perfectionism when it comes to notetaking?
This is a slightly seperate question from before.
I was curious on hearing any tips from the community regarding: Preventing perfectionism when it comes to notetaking?
It can be trying to make the ...
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Over-taking notes due to: 1) copying sentences in textbook + 2) trying to fit new understandings in previous notes which just makes things messy
So I've been having issues lately on note-taking. Written below is a slight stream of consciousness on what I have been doing, my struggles, and potential solutions (I'd like to know about your ...
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How to write good and effective lecture notes? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student. During the lectures the professors simply keep talking and at times write some stuff on the board. I am not sure when and what to write in my book. I am asking because I ...
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Do you keep your study notes publicly available?
I am considering to create a wiki/blog for most of my study notes that I have made or taken digitally.
Also, for the handwritten and rough ones I am thinking about storing them in my GitHub ...
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How can I encourage good note-taking?
Often, college students do not always know what kinds of notes they should be taking.
How can I encourage students to take notes more efficiently and more effectively?
In one of my lecture-style ...
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Do academics have any standard system for annotating text?
I teach secondary history classes. My principal is pushing for all teachers to introduce students to a annotation system which should be the same in all classes. But the system doesn't seem ...
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How to make notes on journal readings – necessary, or emergent skill?
I'll preface by saying I honestly have a load of anxiety associated with this by now, such that it detracts from reading.
I have never been a note-taker (only taking them when forced to by teachers, ...
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Notes taking and notes management [duplicate]
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I have been struggling coming out an efficient way to take notes while reading papers, one commonly-used way is annotate the paper while reading, but some issues include
These notes are ...
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How to organize research notes? [duplicate]
Background: I'll start to write my (cumulative) dissertation in two months.
I'm currently struggeling to find a good technical solution to organize research-related thoughts for my dissertation. For ...
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What is an effective note taking procedure? [closed]
I've recently started to use the onenote software to keep track of valuable concepts in different fields of interest. I have constantly found myself dubious during the note taking process. I never ...
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How to politely refuse note sharing
I am an undergraduate student. This semester, I'm taking a 1.5 credit course, which is a 1.5 hour lecture once a week from a rotation of different speakers. There will be a final at the end of the ...
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Lab journal best practices for pre-experiment research
I'm interested in nuclear physics, and I'm building a cloud chamber. Because I'd like to do science fairs and (eventually) go to college and publish papers in the field of physics, I thought it would ...
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Do I have to cite the source of my notes based off of a deceased professor's notes,
Let's say I'm writing a set of notes on a specialized topic, based off of notes from a deceased professor, who he himself had a disclaimer that his notes (theorems, proofs, ideas) were not properly ...
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Why wouldn't a professor allow a student to record audio of his lecture?
I am a master’s student in a public university in the state of New York. I do not consider myself to be disabled in any form but I do find it difficult to concentrate in class. I lose focus too often ...
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Does a lecturer have the right to prevent students from making their notes public? [duplicate]
A lecturer does not make slides or lecture notes available (e.g. on the course website) in an effort to force students to show up at lectures.
However, many students learn the material just fine ...
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How should PhD Students/Researchers take notes? [closed]
When taking notes while studying papers or concepts I'm always torn between
classic pen & paper approach, which I personally find more productive;
digital approach, will make it easier to find/...
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Is there evidence that suggests students should take notes?
I hear a lot about good note-taking strategies vs bad note-taking strategies, and I have seen a lot of research papers on different styles of note-taking. What I haven't seen though is any study that ...
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In an international collaboration, what can be used for a shared meetings log or electronic labbook?
I started to have more and more international collaborations recently resulting in more and more (video conference) meetings. While in some meetings, there is one guys summing up the result of the ...
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How can I quickly and easily index my hand-written notes?
Research indicates that taking notes by hand is better than using a computer, for long-term comprehension (source). As an engineering grad student, I also find that using pencil and paper for graphs, ...
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Should I share my extensive notes summarizing literature in my field?
Before and during my PhD (that I just recently finished) I have been taking notes summarizing basically everything I have read in my field (articles/monographs/dissertations). The notes are structured ...
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What are the pros and cons of laptops in a classroom?
I simply could not pay attention in a lecture if I brought in a laptop. I always take notes by hand, especially since that's supposed to be better for learning.
A professor of mine stated that ...
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Disposing of old written notes
Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table ...
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What are the benefits of taking textbook notes?
Taking notes based on the textbook obviously helps to organize and summarize info in the textbook. But if I highlighted the most important areas of the textbook, and while revising I only look at ...
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Notetaking with Latex and collapsing text for research papers [closed]
I am looking for a note-taking software with the following features,
I would appreciate any advice!
Collapsing or folding text (Like FoldingText or other outliners)
Ability to quickly write up ...
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Why do professors want to make sure that their notes written on the blackboard will not be published?
I am a university student and have recently found out how much easier it is to use my smart phone to take snapshots of notes professors write on the blackboard during lectures (since I am quite bad at ...
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What is the most effective way to take notes in class? [closed]
I'm a freshman in college, so I'm pretty new to the lecture style of classes where you do most of the work outside of class, and the professor discusses it and gives more information in class. Well, ...
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Is it okay to publish my personal notes from a lecture?
Would it be considered ethical to publish my own personal notes from class? In addition, is there a change when the class transitions from in session to being complete (at the end of the semester)?
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Is it okay to record audio for a lecture?
Sometimes the Professor will say things quickly, or say things before I can write them down. It would be of great benefit if I could record audio for the course, but I am not sure the legal guidelines ...
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What are some tools to effectively synthesize information from research?
Does anyone know any good, effective tool that people use to synthesize large amount of information from research?
By "tool" I am referring to softwares or practices that effective researchers use to:...
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Should you keep a notebook of example problems while going through science and engineering courses?
I find myself constantly being told I should not intentionally jot down example problems but understand the core logic of a topic. But some of my high level math classes tend to have very few examples ...
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How to take notes while reading textbook?
I am very interested in Physics and I want to read as much as I can. Most people, including my teachers, advise me to take notes as I read. But I find this very difficult. I can concentrate only on ...
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Add Everything to my Annotated Bibliography
A book I have been reading1, has two (complimentary) recommendations for PhD students:
Add everything you read/encounter to your reference management system
Keep a annoteded bibliography of ...
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What are the effects of not taking any humanities courses? [closed]
I am in high school but soon I will be going to college. I already have a hard time dealing with the silliness of high school (on an intellectual level), and in particular I have 0 interest in ...
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Validity of results recorded in electronic vs bound vs unbound notebooks?
How do we distinguish between the validity of electronic, recorded bound, and recorded unbound notebooks for gauging whether research results are publishable?
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Is it legal and ethical to post my notes of a conference I am attending on my website?
I'm due to attend a conference soon, and plan to take notes on the talks I attend. My note-taking software of choice (org-mode) can easily export to HTML. Is it legal to post my notes on my website? ...
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Personal research journal/notes - an electronic solution? [duplicate]
Is anyone perhaps aware of an application, or ideally a website (always accessible) to keep track of personal notes on ones research?
This would be similar to a physical personal research journal (e....
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Is it common to provide digital notes (slides or handwritten) for students?
I am preparing a lecture course for this semester and I am planning to teach from slides. I will consider these slides my notes for the course. However, the following points may also apply to ...
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How to cite a lab manual?
While looking for information on how to perform a particular basic lab technique, I found the lab manual from another university's undergraduate lab course. This lab manual illustrates the technique ...