Cornell notes

1. Cornell notes Understanding Government Through Effective Note-Taking

2. Cornell Notes • This strategy is about teaching students how to take notes and organize information • Why its good: • It will make reading informational texts easier • It helps you to summarize a large amount of text so you get just the gist of it • Gives you reference notes that you can later use to study…its your study guide

3. How it looks http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Note_Taking/Specific_Formatting

4. How it works • Paper must be divided into two columns so that the left column is about a third of the page ONLY http://eet.wikispaces.com/Cornell+Notes

5. Take sufficient notes to understand the concept, be selective, not too much verbiage [words] & accurate paraphrasing • Skip a line between ideas and topics • Use bulleted lists and abbreviations • Correctly sequence information • Include diagrams or tables if you prefer visuals • Take sufficient notes to understand the concept, be selective, not too much verbiage [words] & accurate paraphrasing • Skip a line between ideas and topics • Use bulleted lists and abbreviations • Correctly sequence information • Include diagrams or tables if you prefer visuals • Take sufficient notes to understand the concept, be selective, not too much verbiage [words] & accurate paraphrasing • Skip a line between ideas and topics • Use bulleted lists and abbreviations • Correctly sequence information • Include diagrams or tables if you prefer visuals To Start Key Concept Or Question • Begin with the first concept, topic, of question that you have been assigned to take notes on • Organize you notes as bullet points with subheadings if you need • Include definitions, explanations, examples • Take sufficient notes to understand the concept, be selective, not too much verbiage [words] & accurate paraphrasing • Correctly sequence information • Include diagrams or tables if you prefer visuals http://eet.wikispaces.com/Cornell+Notes

6. Then… • Draw a line to distinguish between one topic and the next OR skip a line • Write your second topic, take notes on it • Continue until you finish all the notes you have been assigned.

7. Sample Cornell Notes http://enlighteninglearnersweblog.com/blogs/blog2.php?title=cornell-note-taking-examples-math&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 http://1stopbrainshop.com/study-skills/the-split-pagethe-cornell-system/940/