LASSI Prescriptions

You are more likely to understand material when reading than when listening to a lecture. The difference is the amount of time you have to process the information. The reader can pause, go back, or re-read. Those adjustments are not available during a lecture; the listener has little control of the flow of information. That being said, you can still use a process similar to the one used while reading.

1. Identify main ideas and distinguish them from supportive comments.
2. Write main ideas in your own words or write questions that are answered by the main ideas.
3. Give first priority in your study to understanding main ideas while realizing the supportive material is designed to strengthen those understandings.

For Prescription #4, watch the brief lecture video and take notes that capture the main ideas. Type your notes into the field below.

You have finished Prescription #4. You have experienced taking notes in a lecture, capturing the main ideas, and including enough supporting information to understand those main ideas. It is recommended that you logout now and take a few days to practice the note-taking process with other lectures. When you come back, we’ll look at a final prescription for selecting main ideas.

If you choose not to logout now, select the Next button to take Prescription #5.