Transcript Cornell Notes

Cornell Notes
Lock in Learning
Cornell Notes Lock in Learning
 MASTER INFORMATION
 ACTIVE PROCESSING
 EFFICIENT METHOD
How Cornell Notes Lock in Learning
 Organize steps of learning graphically
 Activate listening, reading, and viewing
 Refine and review using key terms, main
ideas, and questions within 8 hours
 Summarize in complete sentences
Steps in learning process
1) Set up page & take notes
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Complete heading (name, date, grade,
period)
Write title (topic)/key question
Listen, view, read actively (in early stages,
teacher can provide a question filter)
Record details
Use a pencil with an eraser
Name
Date
Grade/Period
Title (Topic)/Key Question
•Details of lecture, reading,
video, etc.
•Skip lines/leave spaces
•Bullet-points/obvious
numbering: NO FORCED
FORMAT
•Abbreviations
Steps in learning process
2) Refine the details
– Complete notes that are too short to
remember later on; fill in names, dates,
etc.
– Work with partner to fill in details (use
different color)
Steps in learning process
3) Identify what is most important
– Read and underline key words and
phrases, main ideas and concepts
– Re-read and transfer to left column
(these become mental organizers,
triggers, memory cues for details on the
right)
Steps in learning process
4) Create questions
– Generate questions (Bloom’s or Costa’s) for
the left column
• How would you describe or explain…?
• What can be inferred from…?
• How would you classify…?
• What were the causes/effects…?
• How would you compare/contrast…?
• What would the outcome be if…?
• How would you devise/design…?
• Would you agree or disagree…?
Name
Date
Grade/Period
Title (Topic)/Key Question
Main Ideas
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Key
Terms
&
Study
Questions
Details of lecture, reading,
video, etc.
Skip lines/leave spaces
Bullet-points/obvious
numbering: NO FORCED
FORMAT
Abbreviations
Steps in learning process
5) Summarize
Write one or two complete sentences
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Topic (main idea) sentence = identify what is being
summarized, select a verb, finish the thought*
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Sentence two = if can’t write one complex
sentence, second includes only most important
details connected to main idea
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Conclusion unnecessary; do not add opinion
unless it is asked for (summarize and reflect)
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Could identify and quote a sentence that
summarizes
* Step Up to Writing
Steps in learning process
Summarizing involves
– Deleting less important details
– Keeping main ideas and most important details
– Substituting your own words--strong nouns and
verbs
*The Leadership and Learning
Center: Writing to Learn
Steps in learning process
When summarizing notes students should
– Respond to/answer the question
– Explain the main idea
– Use key terms
Name
Date
Grade/Period
Title (Topic)/Key Question
Main Ideas
&
Key
Terms
&
Study
Questions
Details of lecture, reading,
video, etc.
Skip lines/leave spaces
Bullet-points/obvious
numbering: NO FORCED
FORMAT
Abbreviations
Summary: Identify, Select a verb, finish thought
Delete, keep, substitute
Answer question, explain MI, use key terms
Beverly Daggett
October 15, 2009
How do Cornell Notes lock in learning?
Graphic
format
Steps in learning process organized
in graphic formatting
Active
Active listening, viewing, reading &
writing
Cue w. key
points &
questions
Actively review & refine w. key
terms, main ideas, questions within
8 hours
Summarize
Summarize in complete sentences
Cornell notes lock in learning through a graphically guided
process that cues the memory to what is most important to
understand and remember , that clarifies thinking through
development of questions, and that strengthens memory
through summary writing.
Research on Summarizing
Study
Percentile Gain
Pflaum, et al., 1980
25
Crismore, 1985
27
Rosenshine & Meister, 1994
35
Hattie, et al., 1996
31
Rosenshine, et al., 1996
31
Raphael & Kirschner, 1985
47
Cornell Notes
• Used in:
• AP classes
• AVID program
• Learning centers, such as Sylvan
• Colleges, universities, and school
districts across the country
Online notes generator:
www.eleven21.com/notetaker
Other important keys!
 Model, scaffold, and provide guided
practice opportunities for Cornell
Notes with reading, viewing, and
listening
 Provide opportunities for students to
share and support each other as they
learn and improve
Other important keys!
 Model, guide, and provide
opportunities for students to recite
and review briefly and frequently
 Teach that this is a habit of mind of
successful learners
Other important keys!
 Model and practice additional
processing on a facing graphics page
(Interactive Notebook)
 See the handout
Cornell Notes
TRY IT…
Teach students how to lock
in their learning!