Note Taking Tips
Most of the notes you will take in high school will be from reading either print or online sources. There are several methods to taking notes. The following tips are to help you determine which method you need.
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1. The Question that isn't there: these questions have no purpose and do not lead to real research
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No research:
What are Samsung's latest innovations? |
Fix by narrowing to one aspect of operation:
Why did Samsung succeed so well in its battle for market share with Apple in the mobile device arena? |
2. The Fuzzy Question: these questions are unclear with no well-defined goal
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Ambiguous question:
Was it good that the once secret documents from the history of the CIA were made public? |
Fix by defining "good" :
Did it improve public confident in the current CIA that the secret documents from its early days were released? |
3. The Multi-part Question: these questions have multiple goals that divide your paper into mini-projects and destroy unity
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Multi-part question:
Did Shakespeare actually write the plays attributed to him, and what are the basic features of his tragedies, and in what way could The Merchant of Venice be viewed as a tragedy rather than a comedy? |
Fix by asking one question:
How valid is it to view The Merchant of Venice as a tragedy rather than a comedy? |
4. The Open-ended Question: these questions lead you to produce a list of possible answers that fragment your conclusion
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Open-ended question:
If we were to legalize all currently illegal drugs, what would that mean for our country? |
Fix by setting boundaries:
How valid is the argument that legalizing all currently illegal drugs would cut crime and stabilize or diminish drug use? |
5. The Question that will not fly: these questions cannot by answered by data and do not lead to real research
Examples:
1. Is today’s generation smarter than the previous one because it knows how to text messages?
2. What if Richard Wagamese was not Indigenous?
1. Is today’s generation smarter than the previous one because it knows how to text messages?
2. What if Richard Wagamese was not Indigenous?
Source: Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog by William Badke