Cornell Notes System 2

Aim: To help you improve your lecture note taking skills by revising and using the Cornell notes system. You will use the system to practise taking notes for five mini science lectures.

Time: 90 minutes+

Task 1

Warmer: answer the following questions. Take some notes.

1. What did you learn from note-taking methods 3?
2. What do you think of the Cornell notes system?
3. What do you need to work on to improve your note-taking skills?

Task 2

In note-taking methods 3 you saw how to take notes using the Cornell notes system. This system is one of the best systems to take, organise and review notes. Take a look at one of the note-taking examples from note-taking methods 3 and answer the following questions:

1. Were you notes similar to this? What was different? Why?
2. What do you need to do to improve your Cornell notes system?

Task 3: Cornell notes system revision

The three key areas:

The five stages in the system: