Cornell Method Taking Notes 01

  • April 2020
  • PDF

This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share it. If you are author or own the copyright of this book, please report to us by using this DMCA report form. Report DMCA


Overview

Download & View Cornell Method Taking Notes 01 as PDF for free.

More details

  • Words: 464
  • Pages: 2
Cornell Note‐Taking Method Friday, July 25, 2008 10:57 PM

Cue Column:

Note‐Taking Area:

As you are taking notes,  keep the cue column empty.  Soon after the lecture,  reduce your notes to concise    jottings as clues for reciting,  reviewing, and reflecting.

Record the lecture as fully and as meaningfully as possible. This format provides the perfect opportunity for following through with the 5 R's of  note‐taking:  Record

During the lecture, record in the main column as many meaningful facts  and ideas as you can. 

Reduce

As soon after as possible, summarize these facts and ideas concisely in  the Cue Column. Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships,  reinforces continuity, and strengthens memory. 

Recite

Using only your jottings in the Cue Column, say over the facts and ideas  of the lecture as fully as you can, not mechanically, but in your own  words. Then, verify what you have said. 

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 10 minutes every week in quick review of your notes, and you will  retain most of what you have learned. 

Summary Area: Summarize your notes in a sentence or two.

Note‐Taking Symbols

Note‐Taking Abbreviations

These note‐taking symbols can make it easier to capture  lecture notes.

Tip: To save time, don't use a period after abbreviations.

SYMBOL MEANING

ABBREVIATION MEANING

&

And

cf

Compare

+

And, plus, positive

eg

For example



Minus, negative

÷

Divided (by)

x

Times, multiplied by

min

Minimum

=

Equals, is the same as

max

Maximum



Doesn't equal, is not the same as

sub

Subordinate



Approximately equal to, is similar

subj

Subject Approximately

<

Less than, is increasing to

ca ng

No good

>

Greater than, is decreasing to

dept

Department



Approaches, approaching, to the end

etc

And so forth

cc

Varies, varying, varied



Angle



Perpendicular, is perpendicular to

ll

Parallel, is parallel to

f

Frequency, frequent, frequently

/

Ratio, ratio of (e.g., height/weight = the ratio  of height to weight

%

Percent, percentage

#

Number

$

Dollars

¢

Cents

( )

Parenthetical

^

Insert

@

Amount, amount of, at

?

Question, the question is



Here's a surprising fact

Δ

Delta, change, difference between

These suggestions taken from Note‐Taking Made Easy by Judi  Kesselman‐Turkel and Franklynn Peterson

c/o

Care of

lb

Pound

H2O

Water

Other ways to abbreviate: • Eliminate vowels • Use word beginnings • As "s" to abbreviations or symbols to  show plural A word of caution:  Make sure your abbreviations can't be  mistaken for other words. Longer words are easier to recognize when  abbreviated. Shorter words are easier to  read if they contain vowels.

Related Documents