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Show Note-talcing is a very important study skill linear outline in the traditional format. for-mat. Your student's individual thinking and learning style will help him or her determine the most suitable method. Practice does make perfect! While this skill--outliningnotetaking may be one of the most difficult goals for your student to achieve, it will eventually become second nature, and combined combin-ed with improved organizational and listening skills your student will have what it takes to be successful. For more information on what you can do to improve your student's study skills, contact the Sylvan Learning Center at 292-6284. If you've been following the advice ad-vice of Tracy Rush, director of the Sylvan Learning Center in Bountiful, Boun-tiful, during the past few weeks, your student is probably well on the way to achieving good study habits. If your student has been working to develop an overall study system as well as practicing listening skills, then he or she is now ready for the third study skills goal: outliningnote-taking. The four most important objectives objec-tives for your student are: 1) determining deter-mining the type of note-taking method that works best for himher, 2) identifying the main idea of a given paragraph; 3) identifying the main and sub-topics and details; 4) practicing outlining and note-taking. note-taking. There are basically two note-taking note-taking methods: mapping and outlining. Mapping is a non-linear form of note-taking that tends to work best for "right-brained" individuals. in-dividuals. Outlining is just thata |