The taking of notes is one of the means par excellence for the collection of information, through this technique the reader selects the most relevant statements, according to their criteria, within a text or an exhibition, which will allow be read again, your understanding of the subject addressed.
Hernández (1989) points out that:
The taking of notes consists in establishing a system by means of which it is possible to highlight and highlight something important, or make a tiny warning or explanation, or simply by capturing, this is achieved by means of the underlining, the note, or simply the "margin note. ", Or the relation in cards or notebooks. Our intellectual work is imposed, since it is impossible for us to record everything our senses perceive directly in our memory. (p.177).
Taking notes is one of the options that allows to collect and synthesize the information that is received, because the elements that are considered of interest are selected, and then used in the development