#note taking method

[cornusbooks]

Do you know what the Cornell Method is?

It's a way of taking notes where you divide the page into three sections: the cue column, the main note-taking area, and the summary. View the images to discover these sections in detail!

Wishing you success...

[studentsacademichelp]

Cornell Note Taking Method

[that-piano-violin-girl]

1.22.20

@stu-dna January study challenge

22. do you use colour-coding? explain your system!

For the color-coding system I use for my planning/scheduling and in my calendar, refer to my 1.19.20 study challenge post!

I use a different color-coding system for taking notes in class or during assigned reading.

- green = vocabulary (usu. with definitions) - blue = names - yellow = places - purple = important works (e.g. treatises, books, musical works) - orange = dates

[anxious-caffeine-queen]

Notes

One part that sucks about school is being torn between trying to get all the information you need down as fast as the instructor is going and trying to make it so it looks like an actual language and not some weird mix between Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, English, and Cantonese. The best solution I’ve found for this has also helped improve my grades. In class you have a notebook for the lecture/take notes on your device (if you have one) and then have a notebook where you rewrite your notes so that they look nice and are legible after class. By doing this you are able to cement most of the information in your brain and you’re making it so you don’t have to try and decipher the jargon you wrote during lecture right before you take the test/quiz. 

Also before the lecture, try and read up on what your teacher/professor will be lecturing on. While you’re reading sticky note/highlight/take a note of the parts that look important or have questions on. Make a list of your questions and try to figure out the answers during your lecture or make sure you ask your teacher/professor about them. 

I know some people struggle with notes and some people don’t always talk about them or give examples. This method may not work for you but its something to try :). Not to mention that there are plenty of YouTube videos that are out there with different examples/ recommendations so if this method doesn’t work for you check out some of those or make a mish mash of a couple different methods to find one that works for you! 

Lots of love and good luck studying!!!! <3

[academiceve]

My Note Taking Guide

Welcome to my note taking guide! Here I will share with you examples of how I used to take my notes and how I take them now/my senior year of college once I developed a style of note-taking that I like!

I receive questions about how I manage to take nice notes during lectures without re-writing them afterwards, so I hope my tips help you to improve your own! 

OLD NOTES

I used to write out the topic in ALL CAPS in a coloured fine liner that I chose for that topic. If I chose the colour pink, then the subtopics would also be written out in pink and important key points, definitions, examples would be highlighted in pink. If I had time, I would take notes before the lecture and then add additional information during the lectures with a pencil. Additional graphs, illustrations, etc. I would also draw out at home. This is a bullet point note taking method! If you would like to see photos of my old notes, click HERE for a photo post (example)! 

NEW NOTES

I still use the bullet point note taking method. However, I don’t use different colours for different topics anymore. For example, for my Cognitive Psychology lecture I used different fonts to letter the topic but the topic heading and subtopics were written in black and the notes were taken with a blue ball point pen. For my Emotion and Motivation lecture, I used the ‘Shorelines’ font HERE for topic headers. The topic headers and subtopics were written out in black, the notes were taken with a black ball point pen and accents, etc. were pink (to add an accent colour). This note taking method still works for me but using less colours saves me time and if I need to highlight something important, I can do it by using highlighters. 

If you would like to see examples of my notes, check out my Instagram. 

Materials I use: - THIS website for fonts - THESE Pentel ball point pens in black - THESE Zebra ball point pens in blue - THESE Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin brush pens - THESE Bic pencils - THESE Kuretake Zig fine liners - THESE notebooks (similar to what I use)

I hope this post helps get an idea of how I take my notes! I also hope that the graphics included in the post help visualize my note taking method better! 

 If you would like to read more from me, click HERE to see other blog posts for back to school! You can also follow my studygram HERE for some inspiration!

[ministryofnotebooks-blog]

Yazı yazmayı hem ders çalışırken hem de işte çok kullanıyorum. Teknik uygulamalarda bile önce kağıda birşeyler karalayıp, genel şemayı oturtup öyle bilgisayarda çalışmaya başlarım genelde. Böyle olunca farklı yöntemleri araştırıp daha verimli nasıl olur diye devamlı araştırırım. Bu kadar araştırma yapınca insanın kafasının karışması hatta farklı yöntemleri denerken zaman kaybetmesi de normal bence. Bu noktada önemli olan güzel fotoğraflara ve el yazılarına aldırmadan yöntemin sizin çalıştığınız alana ne kadar uygun olduğunu analiz etmeniz gerekli diye düşünüyorum. Örneğin daha çok sayısal problemler mi yer alıyor notlarınızda sözel detaylar mı? Benim en çok özendiğim notlar kesinlikle renk kodları kullanılmış her şeyin kitap gibi belirli olduğu notlardır, ama farkettim ki benim notlarımda bu kadar farklı kategori yok, yanımda o kadar farklı kalem taşımak istemiyorum hem de bu not tutma zamanımı çok uzatıyor. Şimdiye kadar en verimli bulduğum not tutma yöntemi Cornell, bu yöntem daha sözel detayların olduğu derslerde verimli olduğunu düşünüyorum. Ama matematikte de kullanılamayacağı anlamına gelmiyor, o zaman da formüller ve teoremler için sütunda notlar alabilirsiniz özellikle derste tahtaya yazılmayan ya da hızlıca geçilen o noktanın önemiyle ilgili işaretlemeler yapabilirsiniz. Biraz karışık olabilir ama notları gözden geçirirken ve ararken inanılmaz faydalı oluyor. Cornell yöntemini kullanırken, kenardaki sütunda yer alan notları not alma sırasında bir ya da iki kelimeyle yazıp, en altta yer alan özet kısmını ise dersten sonra doldurarak bir nevi tekrar yapmış olursunuz. Bu arada ben her sayfanın altında kullanmıyorum özet bölümünü onun yerine konu veya bölüm sonları daha mantıklı ve verimli oluyor diye düşünüyorum.

[studypastels]

(13/100) Doing some Spanish work this morning! Thought I’d share my new system for Spanish notes, in case it might help someone. Actually I should be doing this review + homework thing right after class, but I feel asleep yesterday... Anyways, so I lay my note paper out sort of like the Cornell method, but in the side margin I put new vocabulary that I learned in class. I use the main column for note taking, but separate it with a line if we move onto a new topic or look at several pages in class. Then the ‘review’ column is used for review, and for any homework assigned in class. When I get home I transfer all of the vocabulary from the notes into my revision book (see above) and into Anki for spaced repetition. 

[academicmind]

Getting back into my note taking game because I actually love what I’m reviewing. This color coding system is really working for me! Prepare for a copious amount of notes photos in the future. 🤘🏻