The Cornell Note Taking System

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The
Cornell Note Taking System

    

 

    

Recall Column

    

            

                
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
                
         

    

        

 

        

        

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Reduce ideas and facts to

        

concise jottings and

        

summaries as cues for                                      Record the lecture as fully and as

        

Reciting, Reviewing,                               meaningfully as possible.

        

and Reflecting.

        

 

        

 

        

 

        

 

        

 

        

 

        

 

        

The format provides the perfect opportunity for following
through with the 5 R's of note-taking. Here they are:

        

 

        

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

        

 

        

2. Reduce.  As soon after as possible, summarize  these ideas and facts concisely in the Recall
Column. Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships, reinforces
continuity, and strengthens memory. Also, it is a way of preparing for
examinations gradually and well ahead of time.

        

 

        

3. Recite.  Now cover the column, using only your
jottings in the Recall Column as cues or "flags" to help you recall,
say over facts and ideas of the lecture as fully as you can, not mechanically,
but in your own words and with as much appreciation of the meaning as you can.
Then, uncovering your notes, verify what you have said. This procedure helps to
transfer the facts and ideas of your long term memory.

        

 

        

4. Reflect.  Reflective students distill their
opinions from their notes. They make such opinions the starting point for their
own musings upon the subjects they are studying. Such musings aid them in
making sense out of their courses and academic experiences by finding
relationships among them. Reflective students continually label and index their
experiences and ideas, put them into structures, outlines, summaries, and
frames of reference. They rearrange and file them. Best of all, they have an
eye for the vital-for the essential. Unless ideas are placed in categories,
unless they are taken up from time to time for re-examination, they will become
inert and soon forgotten.

        

 

        

5. Review. If you
will spend 10 minutes every week or so in a quick review of these notes, you
will retain most of what you have learned, and you will be able to use your
knowledge currently to greater and greater effectiveness. 

    

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