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How to take Cornell Notes <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSjc1PEGKE>
or How to study efficiently <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw>
The technique we using in the Computing Department is called “Cornell Note Taking”. It is a system for taking, organizing and reviewing notes and has been devised by Prof. Walter Pauk of Cornell University in the 1950s.
It requires very little preparation which makes it ideal for note taking in class and/or at home. The page will be divided into 4 sections: Two columns, one area at the bottom of the page, and one smaller area at the top of the page.
The idea behind this is very easy. All actual notes from the lesson go into the main note-taking column.
The smaller column on the left side is for questions about the notes that can be answered when reviewing and keywords or comments that make the whole reviewing and exam preparation process easier.
When reviewing the notes, a brief summary of every page should be written into the section at the bottom. Another version is to write the key terms at the bottom but this will depend upon the topic being studied.
Besides being a very efficient way of taking great notes in class, Cornell note taking is THE perfect tip for exam preparation:
The system itself encourages you to reflect on your notes by actively summarizing them in their own words. Often, this can already be enough to remember study notes and to successfully pass an exam.
When reviewing your notes it’s also useful to reorder objects on the page, for example, to add a solution to an answer on the side to the notes.