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There are lots of tools and methods that can help you to take effective notes. Take a look at the resources on this page, the Research Toolkit and the Planning for Success Guides on the school website.
There are lots of tools and methods that can help you to take effective notes. Take a look at the resources on this page, the Research Toolkit and the Planning for Success Guides on the school website.
Cornell Notes
Cornell Notes
Cornell note taking is a system for taking, organizing and reviewing notes which was devised by Prof. Walter Pauk of Cornell University in the 1950s. Here we will show you the style but if you want tips on how to use them for revision do an internet search and you'll get lots of help and advice.
Title.pdfThis video gives some good ideas for visual learners who want to use the structure of Cornell notes.
Mind maps
Mind maps
Flash cards
Flash cards
Google tools
Google tools
Google Keep: This is a really hand place to create, store and organise your research notes together. If you download the chrome extension you can create notes based on the websites you're searching as you browse and it saves it in your drive. You can then view in Google Keep from which you can export to Google Docs.
Read & Write: You can use the Read & Write extension in Google Chrome to help with note taking. Useful features include highlighters and voice notes.
Books in the library
Books in the library
Leicester, M. and Taylor D. (2019) Take great notes. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Shao, J. and Jagan, A. (2019) Study with me; effective bullet journaling techniques, habits, and hacks to be successful, productive and organised. Beverley MA: Quarto Publishing Group.
Spilsbury L. (2015) Tips for better researching. London: Wayland.
Practice Summarising
Practice Summarising
Summarising isn't as easy as it sounds. You need to understand what you've read and be able to identify the main ideas and key points and then you have to put it in your own words. Here are some practice exercises with answers.
Trains Summary and Main Idea Worksheet.pdfSummary and Main Idea Ninja Worksheet.pdfPage updated
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