Listening and Note-Taking is an easy-to-learn strategy that helps students identify and quickly capture important information during a lecture, sort main ideas and details as they write, and study their notes to earn the best test grades possible. Listening and Note-Taking is suitable for instruction in core subject courses as well as supplemental skill-based classes.

Check out these videos with author, Gwen Berry:

Lesson 1: Guided Practice: Identifying Cues
Lesson 2: Abbreviations and Symbols
Lesson 4: Highlighting and Asking Questions

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