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Taking notes during lectures is very beneficial to students in a number of ways. One, which is to remember and it will save student time relying on memory later on. You can be an amazing listener, but unless you have good note taking skills, it will be hard for you to remember what the teacher said in previous lectures. For notes to become useful, they should be well structured and you can go through them over and over so that the information remains fresh days prior to the exam.

I always take notes in the class, which provide me a record of summary of important information on the lecture. It helps my concentration and stimulates my own ideas and creativity. More importantly it is a very powerful tool to store and retrieve informationefficiently. After class, it is easy to test my knowledge of course material by reading the cue words and trying to remember as much information as possible.

Effective note-taking or note-making is an important practice to master the subjects at University or College. Note-taking is also a learning process in itself, helping student to process and understand the information received. It enables student to avoid unintentional plagiarism and could avoid using references and bibliographies. Before exam or assessment, it helps student to focus on what is important in what we are reading or hearing in the class. Moreover it provides a personal record of what we have learnt and records of our questions and ideas.

In conclusion, it is very important to make notes in the class rather than taking notes. Amongst different kind of note-taking and note-making method, choosing right method for right subject is crucial. It is suggested that a combination of one or two methods of note-making and note-taking is effective way of study in the class.