What is the point of having to take down notes in class?

You decide what is important to you.

I just copied notes from students.

It helps me to commit information to memory.

I used to make my own strategy guides for each class, with colored pens and little drawings and everything. After all the rpgs I went through using guides, this was the best way to learn stuff for me. Allicrombie

I used to make my own strategy guides for each class, with colored pens and little drawings and everything. After all the rpgs I went through using guides, this was the best way to learn stuff for me. Allicrombie

I always admired people who did that; way too much work for me though.

I used to make my own strategy guides for each class, with colored pens and little drawings and everything. After all the rpgs I went through using guides, this was the best way to learn stuff for me. Allicrombie

I write notes in class, don't pay attention though. So when I study I write out all of them and thats how I remember it..

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]I used to make my own strategy guides for each class, with colored pens and little drawings and everything. After all the rpgs I went through using guides, this was the best way to learn stuff for me. entropyecho

I always admired people who did that; way too much work for me though.

Depends what class. Obivously for math I need to do the examples to understand, but for social, my teacher puts all the powerpoints online so I can just download them when I need to study.

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[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]I used to make my own strategy guides for each class, with colored pens and little drawings and everything. After all the rpgs I went through using guides, this was the best way to learn stuff for me. Darthkaiser

I always admired people who did that; way too much work for me though.

Repetition, study material, concentrating on the most important points, etc.

I think they serve an overall general purpose to help you do better in the class for exams and whatnot.

For pretty much every class I have had, there has been a course book or lecture notes. For my own notes, I write out the important concepts and/or expand on the ideas already on the notes.

Well if you write down the notes and can't concentrate on the lesson. Then review the notes at home :P

When I was in school, it was easier for me to remember everything if I took the time to write down the information.

I used to take notes in highschool because they forced us, you really don't need em' though, at least I didn't if you have a good memory, I rarely take notes in college and I was on the deans list.KlownMaster

Well I take notes because I have a tendency to forget things and have my own way of handling things with notes. Due to being lazy my methods range from summarizing the main points, writing down key-words I go and look up later to force myself to study, reading through a lecture that was put online, making an outline for a speech (I hate needing speech class for my major), or skimming the chapter and memorizing the definitions.

You don't have to. I hardly ever took notes throughout college, except when it involved mathematical concepts. Didn't hurt my 4.00 at all.

It's not necessary to take notes if you can easily comprehend the material and you don't use notes to study from at later dates. Notes were 5% of our grade in my AP US history class last year, but they didn't help me, so I stopped taking them. I still got straight A's in there. It all depends if you're good at understanding what the teacher says and what you read.

When I take down notes, its hard for me to pay attention, am sure other students have this problem to. I know some kids don't pay attention in class, but will making take down notes do any good? So my question is : what is the point of having to take down notes in class, when the teachers could just give you a copy of them. Btw am talking about when the notes are already on the board. bcroger2

You're basically asking, "why should I bother keeping track of the material when the teacher can do it for me?"

Look...the teacher gave you the required information when they did the lecture in front of the class. Just because some dude doesn't feel like writing that information down doesn't mean that the teacher should coddle everybody by handing that material out to the students who don't give a ****. If a student doesn't care enough to use the ink in a pen, then they certainly aren't worth the paper and ink money it'd cost to literally hand them the material without them expending any effort.

[QUOTE="bcroger2"]When I take down notes, its hard for me to pay attention, am sure other students have this problem to. I know some kids don't pay attention in class, but will making take down notes do any good? So my question is : what is the point of having to take down notes in class, when the teachers could just give you a copy of them. Btw am talking about when the notes are already on the board. MrGeezer

You're basically asking, "why should I bother keeping track of the material when the teacher can do it for me?"

Look...the teacher gave you the required information when they did the lecture in front of the class. Just because some dude doesn't feel like writing that information down doesn't mean that the teacher should coddle everybody by handing that material out to the students who don't give a ****. If a student doesn't care enough to use the ink in a pen, then they certainly aren't worth the paper and ink money it'd cost to literally hand them the material without them expending any effort.

Actually, many colleges save that sort of effort and cost by simply posting the relevant course material online for everyone in the class to see.

It's not necessary to take notes if you can easily comprehend the material and you don't use notes to study from at later dates. Notes were 5% of our grade in my AP US history class last year, but they didn't help me, so I stopped taking them. I still got straight A's in there. It all depends if you're good at understanding what the teacher says and what you read.

Will2Live

Even if you don't need to take notes NOW, it's a good idea to occasionally practice. You know, just to be sure that you CAN take notes. You might not need to take notes now, but you certainly might at some point in the future.

In a way, this is sort of like studying. Some people go YEARS getting excellent grades without ever having to study, and then don't have any idea what to do once they find themselves in a challenging situation and don't know HOW to study.

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[QUOTE="bcroger2"]When I take down notes, its hard for me to pay attention, am sure other students have this problem to. I know some kids don't pay attention in class, but will making take down notes do any good? So my question is : what is the point of having to take down notes in class, when the teachers could just give you a copy of them. Btw am talking about when the notes are already on the board. jetpower3

You're basically asking, "why should I bother keeping track of the material when the teacher can do it for me?"

Look...the teacher gave you the required information when they did the lecture in front of the class. Just because some dude doesn't feel like writing that information down doesn't mean that the teacher should coddle everybody by handing that material out to the students who don't give a ****. If a student doesn't care enough to use the ink in a pen, then they certainly aren't worth the paper and ink money it'd cost to literally hand them the material without them expending any effort.

Actually, many colleges save that sort of effort and cost by simply posting the relevant course material online for everyone in the class to see.

That may be less expensive than printing out handouts for students, but they shouldn't have to do even that much. If students lack the will to take control over their own educations, then teachers shouldn't have to follow behind them holding their hands. If students aren't willing to put forth the effort to succeed, then let 'em fail.

taking notes actually helps me concentrate more, not to mention it's better memorized within your mind, and since taking notes = you have to listen to what the instructor says, understand it, and translate that into small phrases or sentences of your own, it helps with understanding too.funsohng

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[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

You're basically asking, "why should I bother keeping track of the material when the teacher can do it for me?"

Look...the teacher gave you the required information when they did the lecture in front of the class. Just because some dude doesn't feel like writing that information down doesn't mean that the teacher should coddle everybody by handing that material out to the students who don't give a ****. If a student doesn't care enough to use the ink in a pen, then they certainly aren't worth the paper and ink money it'd cost to literally hand them the material without them expending any effort.

MrGeezer

Actually, many colleges save that sort of effort and cost by simply posting the relevant course material online for everyone in the class to see.

That may be less expensive than printing out handouts for students, but they shouldn't have to do even that much. If students lack the will to take control over their own educations, then teachers shouldn't have to follow behind them holding their hands. If students aren't willing to put forth the effort to succeed, then let 'em fail.

I suppose it depends on what the student is good at and how he or she learns. When I was in college, I hardly ever took notes, except for mathematical related concepts. Even if I took notes, I hardly ever looked at them. When I needed to study, it was more of a matter of understanding the concepts, either through what I remembered and/ or through reading in the textbook, and then if needed practicing them through homework until it stuck.

I agree that there is a limit to what the instructor should do for the students. However, in my experience, that line can be quite fine. And it doesn't always come with the idea of a student lacking the motivation to succeed in the realm of education, especially if one has a learning disability.

I can never retain anything in class for some reason, even if I understood everything. I think its because all I ever do it copy what they do, and it seems so easy when they do it, but not when you get a question which deviates away from their examples.

I have to admit, it's pretty dumb that teachers expect their students to take notes and think on the fly. I have wrist problems so it's sometimes difficult for me to just take notes, let alone figure out exactly what the teacher is talking about simultaneously. This especially rings true for math.KHAndAnime

It's even harder if they expect you to know the material already. I went to a technical school, and believe me, so many of the instructors were great in their discipline, but couldn't convey for their lives the concepts to someone who didn't already know them.

differs from person to person

i take them to understanf some things

true it is proven that males have trouble listening and writing something down at the same time. I always try to listen or take the notes so I understand one or the other

I pretty much slept in class, never did any homework and I still passed all of my tests with flying colors.

Taking notes down got me from getting Cs to getting As and Bs.