From the classroom to the library, good note-taking skills are an essential element of successful study. How to Take Notes will help you identify and capture "note-worthy" material from your classroom lectures, textbooks and other reference sources.

Complete with specially designed practice exercises, this book contains a tried and tested note-taking system which is practical, inexpensive, and one you can start using immediately. You will also learn:

• How to listen and take notes in different types of classes and with different types of teachers

• How to take notes from your textbooks and technical texts, e.g. maths and science

• How to take notes in the library

• Different note-taking techniques for preparing oral and written assignments

• How to recognize the most important points of any topic

• How to remember the key points

Armed with your own first-rate notes, revising the syllabus at the time of the exam will become simple and painless — and the results will delight you.

Study Smarter, Not Harder!

This book is a part of Ron Fry’s How to Study Program — the world’s most successful study-skills series ever published.