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                                                                                  Note Making

 CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD NOTES

   1.(i) Notes should be short.

      (ii) Identify the main points.

      (iii) Notes must be written in 'Note-Form'.

      (iv) In 'note -form' we write onlyin phrases and not in sentences.

2.  (i) Information is logically divided and sub divided by the use of figures/letters .

    (ii) Generally three main divisions are made like this :

    Main sections:1,2,3 etc.or I,II,III.

    Sub-Sections:(i),(ii),(iii) etc.

    Sub-sub-sections:(a),(b),(c),etc.

3. Another convenient method of division is the 'decimal' system.

    Mainsections:1,2,3 etc.

    Sub Sections:1.1,1.2,1.3 etc.

    Sub-sub-sections:1.1.1,1.1.2,1.1.3,1.2.1.,1.2.2., etc.

4. Abbreviations and symbols are freely used.

5.Articles,prepostions and conjunctions are omitted.

6.Notes must make sense when they are read again.

II.Summarising/Abbstarctions

Summarising/Abbstractions follows note-making.It is the selection and paraphrasing of the passage.It involves the following main steps:

1.Understanding important ideas.

2.Writing them down abridging the verbs

3.Avoiding examples, explanations and repetitions

4.In summarising we expand the points into full sentences.We dont write in phrases.

5.The summary will contain all the main ideas contained in the original passage

6. Be percise in expression