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Smart Notes
Projects
Tasks
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When you are stuck on a task, change tasks. Do something else. Break
the large task of writing a paper into smaller component tasks, just
like with any other project. You won't have to hold the entire sturcture
of the project in your mind all at one time, and you will be able to
complete the individual tasks systematically.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Plans
Structures
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Ahrens says that making plans and having a structure in which to work
are different. How? Ahrens says that to make a plan is to impose a
structure on yourself rather than to work "in" a sturcture. How are
those things different?
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform..
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Projects
Planning
Learning
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Planning will help a student get through exams, but it will not help
them continue on with learning. They must "learn how to learn."
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers." North Charleston, SC: Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform..
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Planning
Experts
Learning
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Students who are planners tend not to continue studying after their
exams are over. Experts voluntarily continue learning because their
experience has been fun and rewarding, and their continued learning
generates new insights and ideas. [What are the defining
characteristics of a "planner" and and "expert?"]
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform..
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Dunning-Krueger Effect
Planning
Experts
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Poor students often feel more successful, at least until they are
tested, becuase they experience little self-doubt. They don't know what
they don't know. Those who are bad at a given task, and are not seeking
new learning to improve, are usually over-confident. Those on their way
to expertise, however, know that there is more for them to learn. They
know what they don't know. This person tends to underestimate his
abilities. The confident fool and the experienced practitioner will
often sound alike, at least for a while.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform..
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Experts
Imposter Syndrome
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High achievers, those on their way to becoming experts, often focus on
their deficiencies. Because they tend to focus on what they have not
yet mastered, high achievers often suffer from imposter syndrome, that
is, they believe that their successes are the result of chance. They
fear that next time they will not be able to perform and will be "found
out."
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique to Boost
Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book
Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform..
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Smart Notes
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Keep things simple. When utilizing smart notes, there are two
principles to remember: 1) implement the slip box, and 2) change your
working routine to use smart notes.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Getting Things Done
Overarching Workflow
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Ahrens praises the concept of "overarching workflow" from David Allen's
book, "Getting Things Done." What is this concept, and how does it
relate to writing?
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Creatspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Slip Box
Data Collection
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Collect all the material that needs to be dealt with in one place and
process it in a standardized way. This is how the structure of Smart
Notes helps. All the material that one reads is distilled into notes.
These notes are then processed and stored using the slip box.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Slip Box
Smart Notes
Writing
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The smart note system is a comprehensive note-taking system that lends
itself well to the open-ended process of writing.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleson, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Slip Box
Luhrmann
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In the 1960's in Germany, Niklas Luhrmann invented the slip-box to
organize his notes and ideas. Luhrmann was the son of a brewer. He had
no formal academic training. Yet, his slip-box note-taking system
helped him enter the world of academia, become a professor of
sociology, and publish scores of books that approached the subject
matter in unique and innovative ways.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Slip Box
Luhrmann
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They system Luhrmann developed was simple. It consisted of notes
written on slips of paper. Each slip of paper contained one note or
idea. Luhrmann numbered each slip sequentially, and collected them in
the slip box (or, in German, "Zettelkasten").
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform.
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Slip Box
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In actuality, the smart note system requires two slip boxes. One is for
bibliographic notes, and the other is for ideas in response to what is
read.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Slip Box
Smart Notes
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The basic idea behind smart-noting is this: You read something, write a
brief note with bibliographic information attached, and file it in the
bibliographic slip box. Ahrens calls this type of note a "Literature
note."
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Permanent Note
Slip Box
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Come back later and think on the brief note relative to your own
writing and ideas. Write out your own thoughts and comments on a new
piece of paper, one idea per slip. Write as though you were writing for
the final draft of the paper.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Data Collection
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Don't simply copy quotations from the text. Translate ideas from the
text into your own words. [This is what will help you learn. It will
also help you process the information in new ways, and possibly make
new connections to other data.]
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleston, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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Data Collection
Slip Box
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Each note card (slip) should be numbered sequentially. When adding new
notes into the box, check for other notes which may have relevant
connections to previously filed notes. You can either place the new
note directly behind the one to which it relates, if there is one, or
simply number it and add a "link" to the note you wish to connect.
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Ahrens, Soenke. 2017 23-May-2021. "How to Take Smart Notes One Simple Technique
to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and
Nonfiction Book Writers.." North Charleson, SC: Createspace Independent
Publishing Platform..
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