UNIV001C - Introduction to University Life
Fall 1998
Homework Assignment #2
Due: September 15
Points: 40

Chapter 5, Listening and Learning in the Classroom, in Your College Experience - Strategies for Success, discussed important elements for learning the material in your college classes:

1. Understand the importance of listening.
2. Improve your note taking skills.
3. Learn what to do before, during, and after class to improve study habits.

World Wide Web Reading Assignment

1. From any computer that has access to the World Wide Web start a Web browser program. i.e. Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer.
2. Check out the following Web address: http://www.dartmouth.edu/admin/acskills/index.html
3. Scroll down to the section:

• Basic Principles About Review
• Concentration
• Coping with Exams and Exam Anxiety
• Cornell Notetaking System
• Effective Notetaking
• Harvard Report on Reading Improvement
• The SQ3R Method for Thorough Study
• Six Reading Myths Stress Fact Sheet
• Suggestions for Managing Time
• Ten Principles of Memory
• Time Tips
• Tips for International Students
• Triple-A Listening
• Where to Study at Dartmouth College
• Writing the Research Paper

4. Read the following sections:

• Cornell Notetaking System
• Effective Notetaking
• The SQ3R Method for Thorough Study
• Triple-A Listening
• Writing the Research Paper

Note: If you have access to a printer you might want to print out these Web pages to use as a study guide.

After completing the reading assignment answer the following questions:

1. Using the graphic shown label each of the areas according to the Cornell note taking method. Label the suggested dimensions used for each area. Explain how each area is used.



2. List the 5 R's of note taking:

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3. Why is notetaking difficult?

 

 

 

4. What are the four purposes for notetaking?
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5. What two physical factors are important to consider when taking notes?

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6. What is the TLQR technique?

 

 

 

7. What does it mean to be an aggressive, not a passive, listener?

 

 

 

8. What are the five steps for the SQ3R method for thorough study?
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9. Listening is a conscious activity based on what three basic skills?

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10. Choose one of your classes (other than UNIV001C) to use the Cornell note taking method and take notes according to the method. Place your name and the date at the top of the page. Staple your notes to this worksheet. Indicate the course title below:

11. The first step in writing the research paper is:

1. Choose your subject.

"Choose a subject which interests you. The outstanding American expert on Tibet spends half of her time in Washington as an advisor to governmental agencies, yet she has never traveled beyond the boundaries of the United States. When asked how she became so well versed on Tibet, she answered, "I'm simply fascinated by the subject, and have read everything I could get my hands on." "

A research paper, then, is an opportunity to further your interest in some subject or area.

List below five different topics that are of interest to you. Choose topics that you could use to write a research paper about.

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12. Complete the Self Guided Tour of the Meriam Library. See handout.