Effective Strategies for Note-taking and Paraphrasing in Communication and IT Studies
Learn how to effectively paraphrase and make notes from multiple readings in communication and IT studies. Discover techniques such as using tables to compare information, practicing paraphrasing to retain meaning, and applying these skills to create informative fact sheets. Enhance your note-taking abilities and communication skills with these practical tips.
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Paraphrasing and making notes for assessments Week 6 Communication and IT
Making notes from multiple readings When you are finding out about a topic, you will sometimes read multiple readings on the same topic Some of the readings might give you the same information about aspects of a topic Some readings might give you different information from each other One way of making notes to compare what different articles say is to use the table we looked at in an earlier lesson
3 What I am looking for WHO fact sheet (write the full reference somewhere so you don t lose it) Seidu et al. (2020) My notes My notes What is diarrhoeal disease? The signs and symptoms of diarrhoeal disease How is diarrohoeal disease is spread? What can community members can do in their home to prevent the spread of diarrhoeal disease
Paraphrasing In order to make notes, you need to be able to summarise and paraphrase the information from readings- you cannot just copy it. Paraphrasing means using your own words. However, you need to keep the same meaning as the original text. One way to practise paraphrasing is to: read something put away the reading try and write down the main point/s of what you have read check with the reading that you have kept the same meaning
Practise your paraphrasing Copy the table into a word document on your computer or into your notebook Fill out the table
