Notes You'll Actually Reread · Course check

Course check

3 questions. Get them all right and the Kept Shape seal is yours. Get one wrong and you can reread and try again — as many times as you like, and nothing is recorded against you.

1. Why does transcribing feel productive but teach little?

   It requires no understanding, so you can do it without following anythingIt is too slow to keep up with a lecturerHandwriting is always better than typing

2. What is the highest-return note habit?

   Rewriting the whole set out neatly the same eveningTen minutes straight afterwards, filling in the claim, the gaps and a questionColour-coding everything by topic

3. What should you work from at revision time?

   The original notes, reread in fullOne-page condensations made every few weeksThe lecturer's slides only