what is cornell note taking system?

1. Cornell Note-Taking System
Mehmet Can İncircioğlu

2. What is Cornell Note-Taking System?
- The Cornell Notes system (also Cornell note-taking system or Cornell method) is
a note-taking system devised in the 1950s by Walter Pauk, an education professor
at Cornell University.
- A study published in 2007 by Wichita State University compared two note
taking methods in a secondary English classroom, and found that Cornell Note
taking may be of added benefit in cases where students are required to synthesize
and apply learned knowledge, while the guided notes method appeared to be
better for basic recall.

3. How To Create a Cornell Note
1) Divide the paper into three sections.
•Draw a dark horizontal line about 6 lines from the
bottom.
•Draw a dark vertical line about 2 inches from the left
side of the paper from the top to the horizontal line
2) Document
- Write course name, date, and topic at the top of each page

4. 3) Write Notes
- The large box to the right is for writing notes.
! Skip a line between ideas and topics.
- Don't use complete sentences. Use short words,
whenever possible.
4) Review and clarify.
- Review the notes as soon as possible after class.
- Pull out main ideas, key points, dates, and people,
and write these in the left column

5. 5 ) Summarize.
- Write a summary of the main ideas in the
bottom section
6) Study your notes.
- Re-read your notes in the right column.
Spend most of your time studying the ideas in
the left column and the summary at the
bottom. These are the most important ideas
and will probably include most of the
information that you will be tested on.