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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan
Mastery Tests

Taking Classroom Notes

Some of the questions that follow are true–false or multiple-choice questions, and some require you to write short answers.

1

To guard against forgetting, it is essential to the material that you hear in class.
2

What symbol should you use in the margin of your notes to mark examples that you have written down?
3

To get a head start on understanding a topic to be presented in class, you should read about it in advance in your .
4

Which of the following methods might an instructor use to signal the importance of an idea?
A)Repetition of a point
B)Emphasis signals
C)Tone of voice
D)Enumerations
E)All of the above
5

Often the most important single step you can take to perform well in a course is to
A)sit where the instructor can see you and listen carefully.
B)write down definitions and examples.
C)be there and take effective notes.
D)not stop taking notes during discussion periods or at the end of a class.
6

Some instructors present important ideas during discussion periods rather than in a formal lecture.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

What two methods are effective ways of studying your classroom notes?
A)Record them on a tape and listen to the recording after class.
B)Pick out key recall words on each page and write them in the margin.
C)Make up brief study notes on each page of notes.
D)Rewrite the notes as neatly as possible.
8

As far as possible, take notes in outline form by starting main points at the margin and by secondary points.
9

Taking too few rather than too many notes in class is one reason students have trouble doing well in their courses.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

How would you abbreviate the term self-actualization during a fast-moving psychology lecture?








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