3. COMPOSITION BOOK SPIRAL NOTEBOOK
Pages not easily torn Pages easily torn out
out Not always kept in
Everything stays in chronological order
chronological order Spiral bindings have a
Binding keeps all pages tendency to fall apart
in order and place. over the course of the
school year.
4. Smaller
More durable
Not the correct paper size = no or less
papers missing
Easily keep notes in chronological order
6. Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by
Walter Pauk
Designed/Created in response to frustration
over student test scores
Created to be easily used as a test study
guide
*Cornell notes have been adopted by most
major law schools as the preferred note
taking method.
7. 1. Keeps your notes organized, so you can revise and
review them later.
2. Allows you to find important information easier.
3. Focuses on important concepts like vocabulary
words, dates and people, theories, processes,
4. etc.
5. Provides an efficient method of taking notes during
any kind of lecture.
6. Allows for an easier way to study that can lead to
higher grades in college.
7. Allows you to review for tests in an organized way.
14. 1. Cover up right side page. Read the
questions. Recite information as fully as
possible. Uncover the sheet and verify
information frequently (single, most
powerful learning tool!)
2. Reflect on the organization of all the
lectures. Overlap notes and read recall cues.
Study the progression of the information.
3. Review by reciting, reflecting, and reading
insights.
15. 1. Record lectures in the main column
2. Refine lectures with questions, corrections,
underlining, recall cues, graphics and
pictures
3. Recite by covering main column and
expanding on recall cues-then verify
4. Reflect on organization by studying all cues
5. Review by repeating recite and reflect steps