Chapter 6

When reading chapter 6 the other night, I absorbed a lot of good advice from it. I learned the main reason why I should even take notes and why its really important. Learned how to record the actually useful information and not just note information I don't really need and waste my time. The things I need to look for when reading material are things that interest me or surprises me or even something that I think I could argue for or against. This is just one of the multiple tips this chapter gave me to be good at note taking. When I take notes, they are usually always in a notebook, and this chapter said to pick a method and use it consistently for the best outcome, so I am already doing good as far as sticking to a method. The section where it talked about "direct Quoting", I felt most of it was common sense and I knew a majority of it, but it is always good to read over that stuff and be reminded again. This chapter had a lot of great tips for note taking and went into depth on each tip. Went into depth of just paraphrasing on its own and taught me some things I didn't know. Also the same with summarizing and taught me the difference between those two. This chapter also goes beyond just note taking and tells you how to use your notes to improve your understanding on your issue your focusing on.