Advanced Cornell Notes

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What a wonderful teacher you are, Sophia. Even though I have two Master's Degrees, in addition to three advanced Certificates in various topics, I have NEVER had, or seen, a teacher so concerned with the students' success that they actually teach them how to study. I wish that I had known this back when I was still in High School! Thanks, I can still use it in business.

This is the first video of yours that I came across and not only did I learn about how to take Cornell notes, I actually learned about life in Germany after WW1! I am 30yrs old and I am ashamed to say I did not learn about this at my school. In Europe. England, to be exact. Thank you so much for teaching me, I have subscribed and look forward to watching your other videos.

Its so strange that they don't teach note taking/study skills like this in grade or middle school. Maybe our nations children wouldn't fall behind the rest of the world and grow to hate important subjects like science, math and history if we gave them the skills to succeed from the outset. I digress, great video and thank you in advance for all the headaches I'll avoid in the future. I have a few question tho, do you only use the front/top page for notes? What happens when you run out of room for notes? Can this method be used for math? What common abbreviations do you recommend for note taking?

I learned how to take better notes when I had the good fortune to visit a college and spend one day in classes while I was in high school. A student showed me how she marked her text. Other than that, no one ever showed me. I've since developed my own system and shown my own students. Kids do need to be shown, and it has become more popular in schools. Thank you for this.

Congrats Sofia. This is a really nice job. You took me through the whole process step by step. Thanks a lot.

This is so interesting! This study system isn't exactly used where I live, or at least not in my level, but it's a very useful method for some subjects like history and it is very well explained

Good Video. No offense but you sound like that white lady who does my voicemail

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In the case of higher level math classes or other classes that include pages and pages of notes (research projects come to mind for this too), the best approach is to set up several pieces of paper in the Cornell Notes form, write as fast as you can and then, after class, instead of a summary at the bottom, list what info is on that page. Then, later when you are looking for a particular piece of information, you can scan the bottom of each page and find what you are looking for quickly.

Your content is amazingly helpful and well done. However I agree with the other commenters that mention that your voice is monotonous and bland. I think you could reach a wider audience if you worked on that because you have some of the best explanations, examples and tips I have ever seen. Please keep at it!

When talking about basic strategies (like figurative language, etc), they work just as well. However, some students a few years ago modified it to use as they read. I always have "look-fors" that would lead to a big question to guide their reading, so they started using the skinny column to list the look-fors and recording text evidence in the right hand column. I took it to the next level by having them answer their big question instead of summarizing.

This is totally awsome. I always used mindmaps from Tony Buzan for note taking but this Cornell Notes method is far more better. Thank you for uploading!

Yes, absolutely it can work with math. There are several options for organizing math notes in this style. For example, you can put the problem on the left and then all the proof work on the right. Try a few things and see what works best for you.

Im doing this as a hobby wishing I learned more in school instead of goofing off. This video helps a lot thanks

You can do it either way. The purpose of the summary is to make you think about the information one more time and to make you figure out what is most important from the info you recorded. This helps you remember it because you are thinking about it in a new way. I prefer to do one summary per piece of paper (so 2 pages of notes) because it helps me find information faster later. I just look to the summary and I know its on that page somewhere.

Yes, this method is especially good to use with text books and lectures. The number of papers you have depends on how large you write, how much you summarize, how you put down your notes (do you use pictures or graphs? Those might take more space...). If you have LOTS of pages, you may be recording info you don't need. More practicing summarizing can help. Use you left side to study for all those quizzes! Can you define the vocab and answer the questions without looking at your notes?

What a wonderful teacher you are, Sophia! ;D

sure. All my lessons and rubrics are on my web page.... Link in the description or you can google me. Check the documents page for World Studies. Send me an email from there and I will happily put you on my lesson distribution list....

Yes, you can. In fact, these notes were developed by Cornell University for college students. That is why they are called Cornell Notes.