First, we need to establish personal preferred note taking habits, like highlight key words with different colors, remarkable tags to easy locate, or multilevel lists.
Before we start to take a note, preview is helpful for us to know and familiar the important knowledges that we might take notes during a lecture.
In a lecture, it’s not necessary to write down all the things mentioned by teachers, the ability to identify important knowledges is required for taking a good notes. We can write a draft of notes by some tips like abbreviations.
After class, it’s best to re-write the draft notes, not only for a more readable notes, but also students can improve the understanding of the knowledges.