1 Plus 3 Note-Taking Method

This past week I used the 1 Plus 3 Note-Taking Method for my SOC 355 class. We didn't take many notes in class, but because of the limited notes we took I was able to fit it all on one page. This was very helpful for me because it allowed me to focus on only a page of notes and I only will concentrate solely on these notes. I chose to take my notes on the right side of the page because that felt most comfortable for me. I took notes of definitions, examples, and statistics. When I got done with the notes I came back to my dorm and set up the 1 Plus 3 Note-Taking Method.

In section A I listed all the key terms and concepts I felt I would need to learn from the notes I took. I wrote down Biomedical and Medical Sociology, two theories I would need to define and know examples for. Next I wrote Economic Inequality because I need to know the differences between the U.S. and other nations around the world. Lastly I labeled 30 yr. span because I need to know how our economy has changed in the last 30 years.

In Section B I labeled the Economic Inequality because this is something our professor said we would need to know for the test. I underlined 13x for the U.S. because that is the largest economic inequality for the top 20% vs. bottom 20% in the world.

Lastly, in section C I wrote some questions I thought my professor would ask on an upcoming test or quiz. Because of the lack of notes, I was only able to come up with 3 solid questions I felt the professor would ask. I know she likes to have us define terms for quizzes so I wrote 2 questions about definitions.

The 1 Plus 3 Note-Taking Method really helped me comprehend the notes I took in class. This was very successful for me and I will be sure to use this more in my classes.