Our Team Notebooks are a very important part of our success. In fact, we will have a short team meeting today to discuss out the notebook and how we expect the players to maintain it during the season and esecially to explain how they can best utilize it. In this meeting we always talk about the importance of notetaking. After a discussion with Lason Perkins a few weeks ago we decided to detail some guideline for good note taking to give to our players. We met with some key professors on the LSU campus and did some additional research. We will make sure that we talk to our team in terms of not only will this help them be better players but there are guidelines that will help them in class and beyond. Here are the guidelines that we will give our players today:TAKING NOTES
Goal: To create a tool that makes information meaningful
Thoughts: In a study of Fortune 500 CEOs, one of the primary common denominators was that they were note takers. Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club never went anywhere without a yellow pad and pen.
There are 2 phases of successful note taking:
Phase 1: Take good notes
Phase 2: Review those notes (this is where many fall short)
Keys to being a good note taker:
◄Be an active listener (don’t just hear — listen!)
●Be prepared to listen (come with a “want to learn” attitude)
●Listen with a questioning mind (why is this relevant?)
◄Don’t be affected or distracted by the speaker or speaker’s mannerisms
◄Prepare before hand when you can
●Review previous notes or materials you have received
◄Listen to everything but don’t try to write everything down.
◄Leave room to add to your notes later when you review.
◄If speaker repeats something, that’s a cue it important.
◄Review notes afterwards as often as you can
◄Listen for cue words or key phrases:
“The following factors…”
“The most important thing is…”
“The key is…”
◄Words, phrases, stats on boards or screens are worth noting
◄Pay attention to:
●Details & facts
●Definitions
●Lists
●Quotes
◄Review information with 24 hours
●Edit and correct
●Highlight key thoughts
●Note that you took but didn’t understand?
—Ask the Coach what they meant
◄Utilize symbols to help
* For something important
? For something you don’t understand
◄Always maintain eye contact with speaking (except when writing)
◄Focus on content, not delivery
●Don’t get caught up in the fact that the coach is criticizing you
...be caught up in what he/she is criticizing
— that is what you need to know to improve.
◄Ask yourself questions
●Why is this important?
●What is the primary point to this?
◄Ask yourself questions
●Why is this important?
●What is the primary point to this?
USING RECITATION AS PART OF THE REVIEW
There have been studies done over the years that shows evidence that learning is improved immediately following a lecture but that significantly declines around 24 hours later. The key is that they study also shows that the decrease of recall is greatly reduced by those who utilize a short review following the initial lecture or reading material.
Studies also show the best way to prepare for a test is the utilization of “recitation.” Recitation is the acting of repeating/reading aloud. In fact, one study showed that you can improve by as much as 80% by utilizing recitation.
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diliegnce."
-Abigail Adams-
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”
-George Santayana-
“Learning is not a spectator sport.”
-D. Blocher-
CORNELL 6-5 NOTE TAKING METHOD
The Cornell 6-R Note Taking Method breaks the process down into components, but it is really an ongoing, dynamic process. The value of taking notes this way is that it organizes information and prepares you for tests from the very beginning, and saves time.
Record
Write down important facts, names, dates, concepts, theories, procedures and other information in the column on the right.
Reduce
Summarize the main ideas with key words or questions and write these in the column on the left.
“Learning is not a spectator sport.”
-D. Blocher-
CORNELL 6-5 NOTE TAKING METHOD
The Cornell 6-R Note Taking Method breaks the process down into components, but it is really an ongoing, dynamic process. The value of taking notes this way is that it organizes information and prepares you for tests from the very beginning, and saves time.
Record
Write down important facts, names, dates, concepts, theories, procedures and other information in the column on the right.
Reduce
Summarize the main ideas with key words or questions and write these in the column on the left.
Recite
Cover the details section, and ask yourself the question in the main idea column, or formulate a question based upon the concept phrases in the left column. How well could you remember what you wrote down? Keep track of what you need to learn.
Reflect
Reflect upon the ideas in the notes, including how they are applied, the implications of conclusions or data, and the meaning of examples or cases discussed. Search for connections between ideas. You give meaning to what you are learning by reflecting upon it. Record your thoughts, observations, questions and unresolved issues in the lower section of the page for the summary.
Review
Review your notes again immediately after taking them. If the notes are from lecture, fill in any blanks, clarify any missing or partial information. Recite and reflect again to test yourself. Plan spaced time for review of your notes each week.
Recapitulate
Summarize what you have gone over in your notes again. Write a summary of each page of notes in the lower section of the page. This will help the information to be stored in long-term memory.
Cover the details section, and ask yourself the question in the main idea column, or formulate a question based upon the concept phrases in the left column. How well could you remember what you wrote down? Keep track of what you need to learn.
Reflect
Reflect upon the ideas in the notes, including how they are applied, the implications of conclusions or data, and the meaning of examples or cases discussed. Search for connections between ideas. You give meaning to what you are learning by reflecting upon it. Record your thoughts, observations, questions and unresolved issues in the lower section of the page for the summary.
Review
Review your notes again immediately after taking them. If the notes are from lecture, fill in any blanks, clarify any missing or partial information. Recite and reflect again to test yourself. Plan spaced time for review of your notes each week.
Recapitulate
Summarize what you have gone over in your notes again. Write a summary of each page of notes in the lower section of the page. This will help the information to be stored in long-term memory.
