Writing in the textbook

[grant923]

Ever since high school I have been annotating, or writing in the margin of the book, to help me study for upcoming test and exams. Since I have been doing it since the 9th grade, I have become very good at finding the most important pieces of information in an excerpt and writing a short summary of the main point in the paragraph. I find this

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[feliperamos]

For my test I always take side notes too and this helps me so much especially when I have those five minutes to study before it.

[reidstanford]

We basically study the exact same way, but write our notes down differently. It sounds like you write down important notes in the book while I write all my notes in a separate notebook. Writing notes in my text books has never worked for me but it seems to be working quite well for you.

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[mmcneal2]

I agree with you that reading the textbook and highlighting the important topics is important, but I do not feel the same way about annotating the book. I believe the textbook does not require my personal input, and I could write my notes in a different place such as a notebook. This would keep my textbook looking clean, and I would be able to access all my notes without having to get into the textbook. I would not do this for a novel or book, however. I would simply read the book and maybe* highlight important details.

[elitimelord]

Before a test I like to be able to flip through my notes easily so writing in the book seems a little more ponderous then having the notes in a notebook. However I think it is great that that method works for you. I also agree about a lot of textbooks meandering around the point.

[mlopez613]

I think its great that this method works out really well for you and I can see your point on why. But I most definitely agree on the point you made of the study habits reflecting your grades. It most definitely does.