Cornell Notes

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Cornell Notes

• What are Cornell Notes??
• Who came up with Cornell notes?
• Why take Cornell notes instead of my own style of
  notes?
• How do Cornell notes improve my retention and
  study habits?
• How do I take Cornell notes?

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Cornell Notes

• What are Cornell notes??
• Cornell note-taking system is a widely used
  note-taking system in which your notes are
  organized in a systematic format.

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Cornell Notes

• Who came up with Cornell notes??
• In the 1950s, Walter Pauk, an educator professor
  at Cornell University, devised this note-taking
  system.
• The notes were originally designed for college
  students, but over the last decade, this method
  of note-taking has been used in high schools.

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Cornell Notes

• Why take Cornell notes instead of my own style of
  notes?
• Cornell notes are a systematic way of effectively
  organizing your notes without any extra effort.
• It is a guide for students to become more
  organized and to be able to better understand
  their notes when they go back to study.

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Cornell Notes

• How do Cornell notes improve my retention and
  study habits?
• Cornell notes are designed to have the student
  retain the information presented by seeing it at
  least three times.
• First, you write your notes.
• Second, you go back, look at the main sections,
  and create a unifying question that prompts you
  to recall the information.
• Last, you write a summary at the end of the page
  the sums up the key points on that page.

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Cornell Notes

• How do I take Cornell notes?
• First, you draw two lines on your paper to divide
  it into sections.
• The first line is drawn down the left side with
  about a 2 ½ inch margin.
• The second line is drawn about 2 inches from the
  bottom.

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Cornell Notes How To
Put your name and date on the top of the paper
with the class subject in the middle.
Name Date
Subject
First, draw a line on the left hand side. Leave
about a 2 ½ inch margin.
Next, draw a line about 2 inches from the bottom.
When you are finished, your paper should look
like this
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Cornell Notes How To
In the middle of the paper is where you take your
notes. This is done during class. Skip lines
between topics so you know where one ends and the
other begins.

• CUES
• main ideas
• questions that connect points
• diagrams
• prompts you to help you study

• NOTES SECTION
• Record the lecture here, using
• concise sentences
• shorthand symbols
• abbreviations
• lists
• skip spaces between topics

On the left hand side, you put questions and main
ideas that prompt the main points in each
section. Do not answer the questions!! Each
section should be separated by skipped lines.
You do this after class.
In the summary section, you put the main ideas
and key points of the lecture to show you
understand what is important. This is done after
class.

• SUMMARY
• top level, main ideas
• for a quick reference

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Cornell Notes

• So lets do an example using this presentation
  and these notes as an example.
• On your paper, your notes, cue section, and
  summary section should look something like this

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Cornell Notes Example
What do we notice? The NOTES (yellow) are
abbreviated and NOT word for word. The CUE
section (blue) has questions to remind us of the
topics. The answers are NOT given you should
look at the questions when you study and form
your own answers. The SUMMARY section (red) has
the main points and the answers to the Cue
section. It is very short.

• What are Cornell Notes??
• Who came up with Cornell notes?
• Why take Cornell notes instead of my own style of
  notes?
• How do Cornell notes improve my retention and
  study habits?
• How do I take Cornell notes?

• Objectives
• 5 main points

• What are Cornell notes??
• widely used note-taking system in which your
  notes are organized in a systematic format.

What are Cornell notes?

• Who came up with Cornell notes??
• 1950s, Walter Pauk, at Cornell University

Who created them?

• Why take Cornell notes instead of my own style of
  notes?
• organize your notes without any extra effort.
• better understand notes when going back to study.

What is the purpose?

• How do Cornell notes improve my retention and
  study habits?
• seeing it at least three times.
• First, you write your notes.
• Second, create a unifying question
• Last, you write a summary

How will they improve my grade?
Cornell notes are a note-taking system developed
by Walter Pauk in 1950. They are used to better
organize your notes and promote better retention
by seeing the notes at least three times.
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Cornell Notes

• This is the format you are expected to take your
  notes in.
• I will check for your cue sections and summary
  sections. This will be a homework grade.
• ANY QUESTIONS??