Cornell

1. MTHS students and teachers are trained in the Cornell note taking method. Cornell Notes

2. The Hidden Curriculum Quickwrite Questions: • How did you learn the skill of note taking? • How did this skill contribute to your success?

3. First & Last Name Class Title Period Date Topic Questions, Subtitles, Headings Class notes here 2 1/2” 3 to 4 sentence summary across the bottom of the last pageof the day’s notes

4. History of Cornell Notes • Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Dr. Walter Pauk. • Designed in response to frustration over student test scores. • Meant to be easily used as a test study guide. • Adopted by most major law schools, Cornell U, and the AVID program as the preferred note taking method.

5. Students and teachers at MTHS are trained in theCornell Notetaking Method

6. Why take notes? • Good notes allow students to help each other problem solve.

7. Why take notes? • Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills. • Note taking helps students remember what is said in class. • A good set of notes can help students work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.

8. Why take notes? • 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. • Writing is a great tool for learning!

9. Why take notes? • To minimize your rate of forgetting. • 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! • Dr. Walter Pauk, Cornell University Reading Center

10. Understanding How We Learn • Our brain’s outer layer (the neocortex) where higher level thinking occurs, has 100 billion brain cells or neurons.

11. When We Learn Something New: • A dendrite, a threadlike branch, grows out of each brain cell (neuron).

12. 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.

13. Practice New Material • If you practice a new skill many times, the dendrites get coated in a protein called myelin. • Thinking can now occur more quickly, and you will remember the skill for a long time.

14. How We Forget • If we only practice a skill once or twice the connection between neurons is weak. • If you do not practice the skill again the dendrites wither and die. • You have forgotten the new skill!

15. Example (Diagram copied during lecture) (Questions about it ) • How do the ticks find the cattle? • Why don’t the ticks usually kill their host? • How could tick infestations in cattle impact humans?

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19. Summary with diagrams

20. Computerized Notes • May reflect headings in PowerPoint lectures • Leave room on the left for questions and diagrams • Leave plenty of room within the outline for student note-taking

21. Note Taking Tips Speaker says: “Hippocrates, a Greek who is considered to be the Father of modern medicine, was Born on the island of Cos in 460 B.C.” Notes say: “Hippocrates (Gr.) Father of med. B. Cos 460BC”

22. Tips for Studying with Notes Make use of the format • Cover the right side of your notes; review and answer study questions from the left using the right side as an answer key • Quiz yourself out loud • Cover the right side with blank paper; write out answers to the left column study questions

23. Tips for Studying with Notes Write! • Write summaries of the most important material in the summary/reflection section • Write a quiz for others using notes; exchange and correct • Write anticipated test questions beyond those already in the left-hand column and write answers

24. Tips for Studying with Notes Review • Look over notes frequently to keep information and questions still unanswered fresh in mind • Recite information from notes

25. Tips for Studying with Notes Study in a Group • Exchange notes with others to flesh out information and understanding • Use notes in study groups to provide a common ground of material for reference and review • Rewrite notes if necessary

26. What goes where? Don’t forget the heading: Name, Class, Period, Date, Topic Questions, subtitles, etc. go here, in the left hand column. Remember, we want higher level critical thinking questions. Notes go here, in the large right hand column. A 3 to 4 sentence summary down there on the bottom of the last page of notes

27. Question Levels • Level 3 (Go Beyond) Imagine, plan, evaluate, judge, predict, extrapolate, invent, speculate, generalize • Level 2 (Process) Analyze, categorize, explain, classify, compare, contrast, infer, organize, sequence • Level 1 (Recall) Complete, count, match, define, observe, recite, describe, list, identify, recall

28. TWO ACRONYMS TOGET STARTED • SLANT - Behavioral • STAR - Procedural

29. SLANT • Sit in front • Lean forward • Ask questions • Nod • Take notes and talk to teacher after class

30. STAR • Set up your page • Draw your margins • Label clearly • Take notes • Use your best Cornell strategies • Actively listen • Analyze, ask questions! • Review, revise, reflect • Look over notes, highlight, add facts • Write your questions (aim for level 3) • Write your reflection

31. The Right Study Skill & Attitude Will Pay Off!