Comments on: How to take good notes in class: Cornell Notes

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:27:52 +0000

Great post! Taking good notes is important as well as reviewing your notes.
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By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:59:50 +0000

Thanks for this, its a great resource. I wish I’d heard about it sooner. There is a great pdf generator here: http://www.eleven21.com/notetaker/ that I found in a Bing search. It’s great. The layout varies a bit from the one described here, but has the same purpose.
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By: ChristiaanH - Mind the Beginner

ChristiaanH - Mind the Beginner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:40:49 +0000

I think that the most important thing about taking notes that you can actually do is review them, right after class and make sure that everything is clear at that moment. Write down any questions you have and try to get answers.

After that it’s a regular review schedule: after a day, a week, a month and perhaps even at six months (A massive review at the end of every semester). That’s the difference between quick memorizing for a test and actually committing to memory for a long long time.

Great post Stefan
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By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:16 +0000

How would you apply this technique to other forms such as PowerPoint lecture notes/discussion frameworks as well as required readings?

By: Zachary Zhao

Zachary Zhao — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:32:17 +0000

“The Cornell note-taking system is a widely-used notetaking system devised in the 1950s by Walter Pauk, an education professor at Cornell University. Pauk advocated its use in his best-selling How to Study in College, but its use has spread most rapidly in the past decade.”

Taken from the omnipotent Wikipedia.
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By: Archan Mehta

Archan Mehta — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:33:43 +0000

Stefan:

Great post, as usual, your writing is improving with every post. Congratulations.

I am not at all familiar with the Cornell Method, but I am aware that Cornell is an ivy league university in the United States based in Ithaca, New York. Is this just a coincidence?

Please clarify. Maybe other readers would also like to know the history of Cornell Method.
Just a thought that entered my mind while reading your post, that’s all.

Your tips are useful. It is practical to take notes. And scoring good grades is essential, to be sure.
In a competitive society, so much depends on taking sound notes and doing well in school.