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Active Listener: Someone who is physically and mentally focused on the lecture
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Block Notes: Continuously written across the page, separating the details by dashes or slashes
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Content: Information
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Cornell System: A system using an 8 1/2-inch-by-11 inch paper, create a recall column and write a summary at the end of each page
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Details: The points that support each heading the professor presents about that topic
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Edit: Revising your notes to correct errors
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Headings: The main points
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Hearing: A passive process which is nonselective and involuntary
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Listening: An active process which involves receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to verbal and visual stimuli
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Meaningful Phrases: Condensed versions of the statements made by the professor that still contain the critical concepts that were presented
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Modified-Block Notes: Indent about on-half inch and list all related details straight down the page under each heading
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Organization: The way you structure material
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Outlining: A note taking system that involves indenting each level of supporting details under the preceding heading, subheading, or detail
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Recall Questions: Questions you write that can be answered by the important information in your notes
