Transcript Cornell Note-Taking

Don’t be like this guy…
….or her
Understanding How We Learn
• Higher level thinking occurs in the brain’s outer
layer (the neocortex), that has 100 billion brain
cells / neurons
When We Learn
Something New:
• A dendrite, a threadlike branch, grows out
of each brain cell (neuron)
Learning
• When a dendrite from one neuron grows close
enough to the dendrite of another neuron, a
connection is made
• Learning = growth and the connecting of dendrites
Why do you forget?
• Practice a skill once or twice = connection
between neurons is weak
• Don’t practice the new skill = dendrites wither &
die.
• You loose the skill
Practice!
• If you practice a new skill many times, the dendrites get
coated in a protein called myelin
• Thinking can now occur more quickly, & you will
remember the skill for a long time
Writing is a tool for learning
• Good notes allow students to help each
other problem solve.
• Good Notes help students organize and
process data and information.
• Helps student recall by getting them to
process their notes 3 times.
Cornell Notes
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Write your name, date, class, and period in
the upper right hand corner (see above)
• Write the topic of the notes
• (Exploration; Word Generation; etc.)
on the top line (see above).
Cornell Notes
• Page setup
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Draw a horizontal line about
five lines up from the
bottom.
• Draw a vertical line down
the page about one third of
distance from the left.
Cornell Notes
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• Main Idea
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• Key
Question •
Name
Date
Class
Period
Key words & ideas
Important dates/people/places
Repeated/Stressed Info
Ideas/brainstorming written on
board / overhead projector
(after notes
are
• Info from textbook/stories
completed)
• Diagrams & Pictures
• Formulas
Now what?
-Take notes like you
normally would on the right
side of the vertical line.
-Continue to take notes on as
many pages as you need until
the lecture is complete.
After the lecture, go back
and give headings to your
notes to make it easier to
find when you study.
Always
take
notes
here.
Summarize each
section of your notes
into only a few words
Cornell Notes
• Helpful
Hints for
Straight A
Notes
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Abbrev. , Paraphrase.
• Use symbols (arrows, circles,
underlining) or highlighting to
emphasize important ideas and
relationships.
• Skip lines between ideas.
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• Within 24 hours, review notes and
develop study questions on the left.
• Be aware of teacher clues.*
Cornell Notetaking
• Set up your page
What are the
steps to taking
Cornell Notes?
 Draw your margins
 Label clearly
• Take notes
 Use your best strategies
• Actively listen, analyze, ask
questions
• Review, revise, reflect
 Look over notes and highlight, edit, or
add info
 Write your questions and reflection
Cornell Notetaking
What are some
good tips for
taking the
notes on the
right?
• Actively listen
 Use SLANT
 Maintain eye contact with the
speaker, group, or presentation
source
 Nod your head at appropriate
times
 Frown when you do not
understand
 Ask relevant questions
 Answer questions posed by the
instructor
 Make a written record
Cornell Notetaking
What else could
I place on the
left side?
• Key terms, vocabulary
words, or dates
• Diagrams or figures
• Reference pages in a text
• Steps in a solution process
• Notes to myself about
actions I need to take
Cornell Notetaking
What are some
good tips for
taking the
notes on the
right?
• Write in your own words
(paraphrase)
• Write using abbreviations (check
a dictionary for these and create
your own)
• Draw a figure or diagram
• Leave space where you think
you might need to “fill in” info
later
• Use bullets, arrows, and
indenting to list key ideas
• Write legibly
Cornell Notetaking
What are some
good tips for
taking the
notes on the
right?
• Write only what is most
important:
 listen for repetition, change in
pace or volume, numbering,
explicit clues (“this is important,”
or “on the test”);
 watch for gestures, or clues to
organization;
 look for material being written
down by instructor or shared in a
visual manner
Cornell Notetaking
What types of
questions go on
the left side?
• Questions which are
answered in the notes on
the right
• Questions you still need
the answer to--ask a friend
or the teacher after class
• Questions the teacher
might ask on a test
• Higher level thinking
questions
Lower Level Thinking v. Higher
Level Thinking
Cornell Notetaking
• They are divided into
two parts: questions
What are the attributes and notes
of Cornell notes?
• There is a reflection at
the end
• There is room for a
topic
• They are labeled with
name, date, class,
period or other
information
Cornell Notetaking
Why should you
take notes?
• To minimize your “rate
of forgetting”
 Dr. Walter Pauk, Cornell
University Reading Center
 Don’t take notes = Forget 60
% in 14 days
 Take some notes =
Remember 60 %
 Take organized notes and
do something with them=
Remember 90-100%
indefinitely!
The More the Better!
Cornell Notetaking
When should you
take notes?
• Notes are a record of
your learning, so take
them when:
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You listen to a lecture
You read a text
You watch a film
You work in a group on an
activity
 You need to recall
information about what
happened to you in a class,
meeting, or activity--which
means always!
SAMPLE
For English
• What is a
noun?
• What are
the two
types of
nouns?
• What is a
compound
noun?
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Noun - person, place, thing,
idea
• Types - concrete & abstract
• concrete - taste, touch, smell,
see
• abstract - ideas (emotions)
• compound - two or more words
combined to create one thing;
ex: fireman, bedroom
Teacher Clues
• How do I
know if
what the
teacher
says is
important?
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Repetition or stressed
inflection
• Voice gets louder/softer
or faster/slower
• Writing on the board or
overhead
• “This will be on the test.”
• Gestures (hand/arm
movements)
• “This is important.”
So, what about the
bottom of my paper?
What
belongs in
the bottom
space?
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Summary - review notes as
soon as possible after class and
write a summary in your own
words about the main ideas.
Are there any gaps in your
understanding? (see next
point)
• Questions for the teacher.
• Doodles - down here they
won’t get in the way of the
important stuff.
Summary, questions, doodles
Abbreviation Exercise
Abbreviate the following lines
so they still make sense
• Hippocrates, a Greek who is considered to
be the Father of Medicine, was born on the
island of Cos in 460 B.C.
• George Washington was not, in a sense,
America’s first president.
• Mark Twain fell in love with Olivia Langdon.
They married in 1870 and moved to
Hartford, Connecticut.
Abbreviation Exercise
Answers
Name
Date
Class
Period
• Hippocrates (Gr.) Father of
Med b.Cos 460B.C
• G. Wash. Not Am’s 1st
Pres.?
• Twain - Olivia Langdon
m. 1870
to Hart Conn