Harry D.Kitson

psychological experimentation; others are derived from experience.

Probably the chief reason why students are so eager to secure full lecture notes is that they fear to trust their memory. Such fears should be put at rest, for your mind will retain facts if you pay close attention and make logical associations during the time of impression.

A lecture is a logical structure, and the form in which it is presented is the outline. This outline, then, is your chief concern.

n short, always read for a purpose. Formulate problems and seek their solutions.

Men find it advantageous to use a small note-book of a size that can be carried in the coat pocket and studied at odd moments.

A better way is to read through an entire paragraph or section, then close the book and reproduce in your own words what you have read. Next, take your summary and compare with the original text to see that you have really grasped the point.

What am I looking for? What is the author going to talk about?

double-page system of notetaking, using the left-hand page for the bare outline, with largest divisions, and the right-hand page for the details

Let your notes represent the logical progression of thought in the lecture

Exercise 1. List concrete problems that have newly come to you since your arrival upon the campus.
Exercise 2. List in order the difficulties that confront you in preparing your daily lessons.
Exercise 3. Prepare a work schedule similar to that provided by the form in Chart I. Specify the subject with which you will be occupied at each period.
Exercise 4. Try to devise some way of registering the effectiveness with which you carry out your schedule. Suggestions are contained in the summary: Disposition of (1) as planned; (2) as spent. To divide the number of hours wasted by 24 will give a partial "index of efficiency."