Enrique LópezAVID Regional Consultant

Fresno County Office of Educationeralopez@fcoe.org

When a teachers says, “Write this down,” “This is important…,” or “This will be on the test.”

The information is written on the whiteboard.

Cornell Notes

How many of you remember 100% of what you learned from first period?

Ever hear of the Forgetting Curve?

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Who created Cornell Notes?

Dr. Walter Pauk was frustrated that his students were failing his class. He was a professor at Cornell University in New York.

Dr. Pauk conducted a series of studies on note-taking with his students and he found that Cornell notes are much more effective than traditional notes at promoting memory retention.

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Set-up your paper, heading; name, date, class, Topic, page number

Take notes in class; use abbreviations, symbols, pictures, text language, highlight, diagrams, numbers, different colors for questions and information, etc. Also, listen for important key information that is being said by picking-up on the teacher’s tone, volume, body language, etc.

Apply your notes to your homework. Analyze your notes to develop higher level questions for true comprehension of your material. Ask lots of questions in class.

Review and reflect/summarize your notes. Fill in the gaps that your notes may have. If needed, re-write your notes so that they are nice and legible when you’re studying.

Who is Arthur Costa? Why is he important to you?

He developed Costa’s Levels of Questioning. There are three levels of questioning:

Level 1 questions use verbs such as: list, describe, define, state, and name;

Level 2 questions use verbs such as: analyze, compare, contrast, examine, and classify;

Level 3 questions use verbs such as: hypothesize, predict, speculate, design, and evaluate.

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Name two of the characters in Romeo and Juliet. Who is the author Of Mice and Men?

Compare Cinderella to Snow White. In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” how do Brutus’ murderous actions personify dramatic irony?

If Lenny, from Of Mice and Men, would have lived, what would his life be like? What would the Roman Empire be like if Julius Caesar had not been murdered?

Close-ended questions

Open-ended questions

Opinion questions

Have pre-set answers, like multiple choice, true/false, and yes/no. These questions show up on tests, surveys, and forms

Have “unlimited” responses, like essay questions. These are best for tutorials

Use level three verbs when writing opinion questions for tutorials. Opinion questions should be thoughtful enough to focus the discussion and reach a higher level of analysis.

Level 1 Questions can be thought of as “Just Right There” or “I need to know” questions;

Level 2 are “Think and Search” or “The group needs to know” type of questions; and,

Level 3 are “Author and You” or “The world needs to know” type of questions.

Do you admire Dr. Bledsoe? Why or why not?

What is the narrator’s punishment?

To what extent does Dr. Bledsoe exemplify the grandfather’s advice? Booker T. Washington’s philosophy? Are they the same?

Now, create your own questions for chapters 7-9!

A good summary is a truncated statement of the entire lesson, learning, and or material that was covered.Examples: The main points from notes

are… The proper steps to solve an

______ equation are…. The three most important facts

from today’s lesson are… The difference between _______

and ______ are…

A reflection states how the learner will begin to use what they learned and apply it to their other classes and life.Examples: The reason I had to learn

about _____ is because Now that I know how to ______

I can fully understand ______ how this relates to______

I want to be successful as a student, knowing how to______ is not only relevant to ______ but also to______.

Reflection