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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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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.
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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
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How to remember information
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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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
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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 ...
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Cornell Method: How to take notes
- Write down the lecture name/seminar/reading topic at the top of the page.
- Write down notes in the largest section of the page (right-hand column). Transcribe only the facts using bulleted lists and abbreviations. Take notes of questions that arise....
The Cornell Method
Divide your paper into three sections: a 2.5” margin to the left, a 2” summary section on the bottom, and a main 6” section.
- The main 6" section is used for note-taking during class.
- The 2.5" margin to the left is the cues section. Use this space to write down ideas you'll ...
The Cornell Method
- The page is divided into 3 or 4 sections (top for title and, bottom for summary, 2 columns in the center).
- 30% of width should be kept in the left column while the remaining 70% for the right column.
- All notes go into the main note-taking column....
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