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Cornell Note Taking Method

The Cornell Note Taking System provides a structured format for effectively taking and reviewing notes. It involves dividing a page into three sections - a cue column on the left, a note taking area in the middle, and a summary section at the bottom. During a lecture, detailed notes are written in the central area while the cue column is left blank. After class, the notes are reviewed to create brief cues and reminders in the left column. Summaries are also written for each page at the bottom to reinforce key information. This system supports the five Rs of note taking: recording, reducing, reciting, reflecting, and reviewing.

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Cornell Note Taking Method

The Cornell Note Taking System provides a structured format for effectively taking and reviewing notes. It involves dividing a page into three sections - a cue column on the left, a note taking area in the middle, and a summary section at the bottom. During a lecture, detailed notes are written in the central area while the cue column is left blank. After class, the notes are reviewed to create brief cues and reminders in the left column. Summaries are also written for each page at the bottom to reinforce key information. This system supports the five Rs of note taking: recording, reducing, reciting, reflecting, and reviewing.

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The Cornell Note Taking System

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Cue column

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Note Taking Area: Record the lecture as fully and as


meaningfully as possible here

Cue Column: While you are in class taking notes, keep this
column empty. Soon after class, reduce your notes to
concise jottings as cues for Reciting, Reviewing, and
Reflecting

Note Taking
Area

Summaries: Sum up each page of your notes in a sentence


or two
Summaries

This format provides the perfect opportunity for following through with the 5 Rs of note taking:
Record: During the lecture, record as many meaningful fact and ideas as you can in the Note Taking Area
Reduce: As soon as possible after the lecture, summarize these facts and ideas concisely in the Cue column.
Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships, reinforces continuity, and strengthens memory
Recite: Cover the Note Taking Area and, using only your cue column, talk over the facts and ideas of the
lecture as full as you can in your own words. Then verify what you said with the Note Taking Area
Reflect: Draw out opinions from your notes and use them as a starting point for your own reflections on the
course and how it relates to your other courses. Reflection will help prevent ideas from being inert and soon
forgotten
Review: Spend as least 10 minutes every week in quick review of all your notes, and you will retain most of
what you have learned
Common Abbreviations for Note Taking
w/
w/o
wh/
*
+/&
ff
<
>
=

Approximately
With
Without
Which
Most Important
And or more
Following
Less than
Greater than
The same as/equal to
Resulting in
As a result of/consequence of

esp.
b/c
@
#
%
?/Q
etc.

No equal to
Increasing
Decreasing
Especially
Because
At/At about
Number
Percent
Question
Et cetera

b/w Between

Therefore

Change
amt
Amount
re
Regarding

Repeating the same


information

Cue Column

Note Taking Area


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