Why is taking notes during class lectures a critical tool for active listening?

Answer 1

To enable you to retain the important information from a class

students take notes get a full understanding of the context and to be able to go back and look at them and research them at a fuller extent.

Answer 2

There may be more than two reasons but the top two would be:

(1) To reference at a later time, perhaps when studying for a test

(2) Because for tactile learners the act of writing the notes helps them to better absorb the information. They don't retain information that they hear or see as easily as information that they learn by performing a hands on activity like writing it down.

Answer 3

Listen for phrases such as "for example" or "for instance"

pay attention to dates and numbers

Answer 4

You record what you do so that others may duplicate your experiment and check that they get the same results.