Roberta Berlani

Leticia Gallardo

Cheryl  Hackworth

Michelle  Geary

Nathan Norris

Christine Peters

Molly Schrey

Peter Svensson

One of the stated Student Learning Outcomes for this section is to focus on how you take notes in lecture and to work on how to improve the quality of lecture notes you take. Time spent on this skill will reap rewards not only in this class but in all other classes.

The West Valley College Tutorial Center has resources that exemplify how  notes should be taken in lecture and how to write up these notes making them into valuable learning tools. There is some degree of overlap between different sources (which suggests that the points repeated are worth repeating....), but notice that they all feature the same basic routine:

1. Come prepared
2. Take notes using a system that you understand
3. Write up your notes adding in details and filling in blanks within 24 hours of lecture..

St. Charles Community College
Cornell Note Taking Method
Cornell Note Taking Rubric

Cómo Tomar Apuntes en Clase

Good Listening in Class

Lecture Note Guide featuring examples and rubric
 
 

     Each student will submit copies of their lecture notes at the beginning of midterm 1.
     A total of 30 points is available for  notes that satisfy the criteria specified in the lecture note rubric. If the lecture notes fail to meet the required standard there will be opportunities to resubmit them at midterm 2 and midterm 3.
 
 
 
 

  Many of the handouts that you will recieve during the semester are available here to download in PDF format. Simply select the item you are interested in and click on the PDF link (you will need Adobe Reader to view and print these documents - get Adobe Reader here (free download).