Effective Note Taking

AdultELA50 min

Learning Objective

I can use effective note-taking strategies to summarize information.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

9 min

Taking Notes: Crash Course Study Skills #1

CrashCourse

Guided Notes

10 min

Key concepts students will learn:

  • According to a study done at Princeton University in 2014, students who took notes on a 15-minute lecture using a laptop wrote an average of 310 words, while those who wrote on paper only averaged 173.

  • The Cornell method involves dividing your paper into three distinct sections: The Cue Column, The Notes Column, and The Summary Column.

  • Three note-taking systems discussed in the video are the Outline method, the Cornell method, and the Mind-Mapping method.

Practice

15 min

11 questions • Multiple choice & Short answer & True/false & Fill in the blank

Exit Ticket

5 min

Describe the Cornell note-taking method, including the three sections and how to use them.

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