Improve Your Learning Efficiency with Cornell Notes

The Cornell note-taking is a technique that helps to organize notes in a way that makes it easy to review and retain information. It involves splitting a paper into three sections: one for main ideas, one for taking notes, and one for summarizing and reviewing what was learned. This technique is a great way to improve your memory and comprehension of a material.

1. Divide a sheet of paper into three sections: a large note-taking section on the right-hand side, a smaller cue column on the left-hand side and a summary section at the bottom of the page.
2. As you listen to material, identify the main ideas and write them in the cue column.
3. In the note-taking section, write detailed the main ideas.
4. After the lecture or reading, review your notes and summarize the main ideas in the summary section at the bottom of the page.
5. Review and practice active recall of the notes regularly to improve retention and comprehension of the material.