James D. Lester insists that because students tend to over use direct quotations and only about 10% of a final document should be directly quoted, we should try to limit the quotes we keep track of while taking notes.

James D. Lester says that students tend to record too many quotes while taking notes, ending up overusing them in papers. Because final documents should only include 10% of quoted material in the final document, he continues to insist that we try to limit the quotes we record when taking notes.