1 Plus 3 study notes for an essay style test

As Jacob illustrated in his blog about Plug in notes that visuals clearly helped him with his note taking this week, I also used a visual guide when using the 1 Plus 3 strategy. For my Design History class we have very limited time to record as much as we can about each powerpoint slide before our professor moves on to the next. This crunch for time does not allow for me to attempt plug in notes so after I completed my notes for this class I went back and did a 1 Plus 3 chart on a separate page.

Although our tests are essay style and ask the same question for us to expand on, the major point our professor wants us to comprehend are the BIG idea's and concepts of each time period. Zooming in on the American Arts and Crafts Movement, this strategy helped me to learn a lot about not only one designer in particular, but the movement as a whole. The set up for this strategy definitely helped me to get a good understanding on one topic I know I will be tested on. One negative I found when using 1 plus 3, however, was that it was somewhat redundant. I found myself re-writing the same ideas and words multiple times. If I decide to try this strategy again I will probably try to include a larger amount of information to avoid this problem.