Summarising for Eco?? (1 Viewer)

[versace]

How do you summarise properly for Economics?

I recently had this guy come to do the whole 'lets get motivated' talk and he said u imagine that there is a line going straight down an A4 page (in the middle).. then u write a point (dot point form) and stop at that line.. which means u write a point thats only half a page long.. i can see that yeh its so hard to take in all the info in eco, but writing a half a page point is really hard to do!?!?

Neone have any excellent ideas as to how to write summaries that are short but contain all the info required?!? Thanks heaps

 

[astro]

for some subjects i do mind maps and flow-charts...but for many i just write in point form and cram

 

[Zarathustra]

I find that with mind maps, it is very difficult to keep to the syllabus. When writing up detailed summaries - I think that half a page is a tad short. Maybe do a full page and then a few weeks before an exam summarise the summaries using mind maps and half page per dp methods.
I think that you should use your texbook to make the first summary but only your memory (and maybe your first summary) to make your final one.

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

i make a separate notes for statistics for each topic.
and theory on a separate set of notes.

 

[Zarathustra]

Statistics have to be updated - I just look at the leading edge website and memorise the latest statistics. If you mean trends - then that should be integrated with theory - I think following a textbook's contents page is the easiest and safest way...

 

[Sarah168]

Leading Edge stats are just a start. It isnt sufficient.

 

[i-color]

With your eco issues, can I suggest you follow this formula for your notes because these are the ONLY type of questions you may get for your short answers:

1. Definition
2. Measurement
3. Trends
4. Causes
5. Effects/consequences
6. Govt policies in relation to issue

well when i studied for eco it was more the process of making notes than actually what your notes look like. I mean as soon as i finished making my notes, I don't even read them anymore. It was more the whole process of making the notes allowed me to read the textbook, think about what I read and then summarise it in my mind, which makes you remember the stuff....if that really makes sense....hahaha.

but yeah, i always did really simplified notes......draw a big heading at the top saying INFLATION or ECONOMIC GROWTH and write about the thing in simplified form.