When students take verbatim notes, they write down everything that the instructor says (or as much of it as they can) as they hear it and in no particular format. Such notes are often hard to decipher and are usually incomplete because an instructor may be speaking more rapidly than students can write.
What is the best note taking method?
The outline method is one of the most intuitive and simplest ways to take notes. As the name suggests, the outline method turns notes into a hierarchy of information, providing a logical flow of content on the page and keeping it highly organized. With the outline method, you can take notes by hand or digitally.