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We tend to lose almost 40% of new information within one day of reading or hearing it, even if we write it down.
However, when we take notes effectively, we can retain and retrieve almost 100% of the knowledge we obtained.
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Learning the right way
The goal of effective note-taking is to remember what you learned.
- It involves active learning, meaning the student is responsible for doing things with the material, such as reading, writing, discussing, and solving problems.
- Students should also think about how they are learning it. What is difficult? How can you improve learning about this topic? How did your views change about this topic?
- Students will forget less if they engage with their notes within 24 hours, then read their notes the next day, and again within a week.
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The Cornell Note-Taking System
This system was developed in the 1950s as part of a university preparatory course.
There are four stages to taking notes:
- Note taking
- Note making
- Note interacting
- Note reflecting
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The Note Taking Stage
Always draw up the page for notes the same way.
- At the top, write the topic/key learning objective.
- Divide the page into two columns. The first column should be one-third of the page. It is used for questions and notes. The second column is for notes from the lecture, textbook, video, etc.
- Take notes in your own words.
- Leave spaces and lines between main ideas to add information.
- Develop your own abbreviations and symbols to save time.
- Write in phrases, not full sentences.
- Use bullet points.
- Highlight and colour key ideas.
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The Note Making Stage
- Review and revise the note contents.
- Write questions in the left-hand column opposite the answer on the right-hand side.
- Connect key ideas using colour or symbols
- Exchange ideas with other students to see if you understand the material thoroughly.
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The Note Interacting Stage
- Write a summary at the bottom of the page that addresses the key idea and answer the questions from the left margin.
- Build into your study timetable regular times to revise your notes for each subject.
- Before a test, use the questions as prompts and answer without looking at the information on the right-hand side.
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The Note Reflecting Stage
- Get a peer, tutor or teacher to give you written feedback on your initial learning phase.
- Address one area of the feedback at a time.
- Before exams and tests, reflect over the entire unit.
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