My own view is that note taking is helpful and a necessary skill in college because in most of the …show more content…
Students are not certain about which lecture material to record in there notes, while overall recording may be low, recording of main ideas may be quite high. Kiewra, Benton, and Lewis (110) found that students record 90% of the main ideas, but not more than 11% of the supporting ideas. “Given the importance of note taking . . . it is especially problematic that student notes are often incomplete and/or inadequate. Research indicates that students fail to record 40% of the important points in a typical lecture” (Hartley & Cameron 30-37; Howe, 285). It is of crucial importance to make your notes the best understandable as possible, this will impact the way you learn the material presented in class. Otherwise having many pages of notes won’t be useful, because you are not getting the right information stored in your long-term memory. By following a simple note taking method a student can improve their college GPA, and relieve a lot of stress when it comes time to study for and take an