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Cornell Notes is a note-taking system with four key steps: [1] Take notes in the right column with headings in the left, [2] Go back and highlight important information, [3] Write questions in the left column about each heading, [4] Summarize the key points at the bottom. When taught properly, Cornell Notes can help students learn by segmenting material, identifying main ideas, questioning their understanding, and synthesizing what they've learned.

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Go Back, Think, Question, and

Cornell Notes is a note-taking system with four key steps: [1] Take notes in the right column with headings in the left, [2] Go back and highlight important information, [3] Write questions in the left column about each heading, [4] Summarize the key points at the bottom. When taught properly, Cornell Notes can help students learn by segmenting material, identifying main ideas, questioning their understanding, and synthesizing what they've learned.

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GO BACK, THINK, QUESTION,

AND SUMMARIZE

Four steps to make Cornell Notes work in your classroom.


Go Back, Think, Question,
and Question

 Cornell Notes can be a powerful study tool when taught


and utilized properly.

 Cornell Notes is a format:


 A systematic way of taking notes
 A guide to help students through their thinking and learning

 Cornell Notes is a set of practices:


 Recording important information for later use in a way that is
meaningful to the student
 Identifying key terms and concepts
 Synthesizing what is learned
 An easy way for teachers to check for understanding.
Anatomy of Cornell Notes

 Take notes in right column.


 Main ideas an questions
on the left.
 Synthesize learning by
summarizing at the
bottom.
4 Steps to Make Cornell Notes Work
Step One:
 When preparing lesson on a
power point, from a book etc, be
mindful about segmenting
material into manageable chunks
and providing or drawing
attention to headings/main idea
titles.
 As the lesson progresses, students
will write the headings/main
ideas notes in the left column.
 Students will record their notes, in
their own words, in the right
column.
A Few Words of Warning
 Discourage students from copying notes
verbatim as this will prevent them from
“owning” their learning.
 Encourage students to use abbreviations
where appropriate.
 Don’t be discouraged if it takes a while; keep
at it and it will get easier.
 Depending on the length of the lesson, notes
could take 1 pages of paper or several. It is
up to you to choose a logical place to
proceed with the following steps.
Step Two: Go Back, Think
 After having taken notes for
the lesson, go back to the
beginning.
 As a class, decide what the
important information is
from each heading/main
idea and highlight it.
 At the beginning this may
take a lot of guidance and
suggestion from the teacher
but students will become
more proficient as time goes
on.
Step Three: Question
 Once important information from each section
is highlighted, it is much easier for students to
determine what the main idea of the section is
(because sometimes the heading/main idea
they have written on the left column isn’t
enough!)
 Students now need to formulate a question
that articulates the main idea of the section.
 It is helpful to think of the left column as the front
of a flashcard and the right as the answer on the
back of the flashcard.
Step Three: Question

 Encourage students
to write level 2 or 3
questions for each
main idea.
 This process may
take a while of
students to do on
their own but don’t
give up!
Step Four: Summarize

 The last section of the


notes is a summary which
enables students to
solidify their knowledge
by putting it into their
own words.
 At first, students may need
guidance to determine
what information should
be included or excluded
from their summaries.
Closing Thoughts
 Cornell Notes, while flexible,
work best when all portions are
properly used.
 You need to decided what to do
when it comes to grading these
notes or not.
 A way to do this is to grade the
questions and/or summaries only.
 While this strategy takes a
certain amount of work, you will
see that the rewards are great!

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