Outline Method

1. Note Taking

* Before Class : (a) Read Text (b) Sleep Well
* During Class : (a) Focus (b) Note key ideas (c) Leave blanks if you don't understand (d) Ask questions.
* After Class : (a) Organise your notes (b) Review often

2. Reading

* Read often and for short periods
* Use the SQ3R method : (a) Survery the text (b) Ask yourself questions (c) Read and find answers (d) Recite -to test your understanding (e) Review - until you understand and remember it.

3. Memory

*Organise your ideas * Use rhymes or acronyms
*Visualise* Recite* Tell it to a friend

The Mapping Method

It is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radically around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualise, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organisation, problem solving, decision making, and writing . Mapping is a method that uses comprehension/concentration skills and evolves in a note -taking form which relates each fact or idea to every other fact or idea. Mapping is a graphic representaion if the content of a lecture. It is method that maximises active participation, afforts immediate knowledge as to its understanding, and emphasises critical thinking. This method helps writers analyse, organise and prensent information with clarity focus and impact.