Feb 23, 2016 | As requested, some screenshots of my psych notes this week.
A short textbook note-taking tutorial
I use tables whenever possible to organize materials, and as you can see I format them differently depending on the content they contain. For vocabulary and situations where I’m employing tables in lieu of columns (which conserves space), I’ll make the border white, but for tables like the ones on pages 1 and 2, I’ll keep the border there for definition.
I title each section with the subtitle given in the book and underline it, then make a vocabulary list (bolding terms), and insert my tables. For actual notes (as shown on page 4), I try to keep it as simple as I can with lists instead of blocks of text.
Afterwards, I’ll go into Quizlet and make a set of flashcards (the last image shows the beginnings of what flashcards for this set of notes would look like). I’ll cut out unnecessary content from the notes (and trim examples down to prompts rather than full explanations), and in examples like page 4, I’ll condense each numbered point and its sub-points to the section I bolded, which summarizes the general idea.
Hope this was helpful! If this is received well (gets over 100 notes, let’s say) I’ll continue to post samples and explain my note-taking methods!
