Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
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Carolyn Bess
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Nashville, TN 37240
Office: 615.343.3279
 

Academic Enhancement Services 

Evaluate Your Note-Taking Skills

Directions: Check "yes" or "no" after reading each question carefully.

When you are organizing and studying your lecture notes:

  1.   Are your notebook papers messy and in disorder?

Yes____ No____

  2.   Do you fail to know how much information to write?

Yes____ No____

  3.   In a lecture, do you not know how to tell the important facts from the unimportant facts?

Yes____ No____

  4.   Do you take notes slowly?

Yes____ No____

  5.   Are your notes incomplete?

Yes____ No____

  6.   Do you not have a method for studying from your notes?

Yes____ No____


Self-Assessment Directions: If you answered "yes" to these questions, you should contact carolyn.bess@vanderbilt.edu or Psychological & Counseling Center