Cornell Note Taking Method

Concept Maps

Outline Method

Fishbone Diagram

What Note Taking Method works best for you?

Cornell Note Taking Method

• Record During the lecture, record in the main column “Note Taking Area” as many meaningful facts and ideas as you can. Write legibly.

• Reduce As soon after as possible, summarize these facts and ideas concisely in the Cue Column. Summarizing clarifies meanings and relationships, reinforces continuity, and strengthens memory.

• Recite Cover the Note Taking Area, using only your jottings in the Cue Column, say over the facts and ideas of the lecture as fully as you can, not mechanically, but in your own words. Then, verify what you have said.

• Reflect Draw out opinions from your notes and use them as a starting point for your own reflections on the course and how it relates to your other courses. Reflection will help prevent ideas from being inert and soon forgotten.

• Review Spend 10 minutes every weekday to review of your notes, and you will retain most of what you have learned.

Adapted from How to Study in College 7/e by Walter Pauk, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Co.

Cornell

Note Taking

Templates

Examples of the Cornell Note Taking Method

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Key Terms

Comment

A concept map is a visual diagram

showing relationships

between information.

Concept Map

Begin your idea in the middle of the page

Information can be added to

a concept map in any sequence.

Add new information on branches that connect to the central idea or

other branches.

Arrows and words can be used to

show relationships between two

ideas.

Colors and symbols help

illustrate ideas and trigger thoughts.

Concept Map Method

This Time Management Concept Map includes

illustrations, colors and key terms.

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The Elements of Weather Concept Map is organized by

theme & color depending on the category it falls under.

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Examples of Concept Maps

O The outline method can be a very simple note taking system to use during a well-organized lecture.

O Outlining consists of headings and subheadings followed by course material.

O Outlining is neatly structured, easy to follow and provides a clear picture of the information.

1. Main Idea

A. Supporting Idea

i. Example of supporting idea

or illustration.

ii. Another example of a

supporting idea or illustration.

B. Supporting Idea

i. Example of supporting idea

or illustration.

ii. Another example of a

supporting idea or illustration.

2. Main Idea

C. Supporting Idea

i. Example of supporting idea

or illustration.

ii. Another example of a

supporting idea or illustration.

Outline Method Lecture Title & Date

War of 1812 Outline

Five Paragraph Essay Outline

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Examples of the Outline Method

O The fish bone diagram is used to identify causes and effects in an orderly manner.

O Each fish bone represents specific information or details.

O Note: your fishbone diagram can be any shape and size.

Fish Head: • Effect

• Problem • Outcome

Fish bones: • Causes • Factors • Details

Fish Bone Diagram

Examples of the Fish Bone Diagram