Effective Note Taking

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Objective

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

Part 1 of 4

Warm-up video

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Part 2 of 4

Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

Part 3 of 4

Practice

11 questions

1

Why is output as important as input when learning and retaining information?

2

According to the Princeton University study, what was the main disadvantage of taking notes on a laptop?

Part 4 of 4

Exit ticket

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

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