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Getting ready for the
GED? Whether you're attending local classes, taking an online GED course or
managing a self-study program at home, you'll want to ensure that your study
time is effective. Make a Note! Here's
one surefire study tip that has proven successful for adults working toward the
General Education Development credential, the 'diploma' awarded for passing the
GED Test. Take Notes For many GED students
and adult learners, taking notes seems boring or tedious, or they can't see the
relevance of taking notes. Perhaps they have an abundance of GED study materials
and don't feel a need to add more to the pile. And for some GED students, taking
notes is new –- they're reluctant because they've never done it, or never
learned the skill. Taking notes is easy
-- it's highly effective and ensures learning when it’s a three-part process.
And taking notes is a critical way to shift new information that’s learned from
the brain's short-term memory bank to the brain’s knowledge vault. 1. Initially, many
people feel like they're copying or jotting material just for the sake of it.
It's difficult for them to see how taking notes helps them learn. And it may
seem like a mindless activity. Still, it's important –- just write down
information as you move through material on your own, or during GED classes. The
act of taking notes engages you with the study material beyond just hearing
information, reading or seeing it. Just as note-taking
improves with practice, so does learning. As notes are taken more frequently and
regularly, students begin to recognize key information and main points more
easily and more often. Note-taking becomes more logical since the act of taking
notes engages the logical processing of the brain. When the logical brain
becomes engaged, the learning process is activated and information is better
retained. 2. The second part of
taking notes is organizing them; do it soon after taking them. How do you
organize notes? Put them in logical order –- or an order that makes the most
sense to you. Highlight, circle or underline important information. As notes are
reviewed and organized, the information from the notes is refreshed in the mind
and organized mentally. Again, the logical brain is engaged. 3. You reinforce this
part of the learning process by processing your notes again. Fill in any missing
information. Make a list of the key words from your notes. List any problems
you're having with the material, or identify sections in your notes where the
material seems unclear. Make an outline of the information so that you see the
relationship of ideas and facts to each other. Make another list or outline that
includes all the information you feel you've really learned. Determine how you
can use this new knowledge in real-life situations. Now, review sections or the
list that identified unclear information and you'll probably discover that it's
clearer. Taking notes is
neither an art nor a science. But the learning process is both. Learning isn't
really about remembering, and knowledge isn't about memorization. Real learning
and real knowledge are about activating, using and engaging higher brain
processes, which is exactly what happens during the three-step process of taking
notes. At GED test time,
taking notes will prove to be an excellent skill to have learned. Processing
information logically, and identifying key words and main ideas are major parts
of the GED test. So taking notes is an important skill and practice for study
time and test time. Read These Other Great GED Articles So You Can Pass the GED!
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