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2 DESIGNED BY DR. WALTER PAULK AT CORNELL ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO.

3 PAPER- 2 ½ INCH MARGIN LAW NOTEBOOK CORNELL PAPER COURSE NAME CHAPTER # DATE

4 NOTE-TAKING IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT IS *ACTIVE LEARNING *LOGICAL ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL *SELECTING INFORMATION AND REDUCING IT TO A FORM THAT IS EASY TO STUDY AND REVIEW *REDUCING NOTES FOR CONTINUAL REVIEW

5 NOTES ARE SO ACCURATE AND DETAILED YOU DON’T NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BOOK TO STUDY.

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7 1.REDUCED VERSION OF TEXT. 2.WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES. 3.OMIT NON-ESSENTIAL WORDS. 4.MOVE HI-LITED INFORMATION INTO NOTES. 5.NUMBER THE IDEAS

8 REDUCE YOUR NOTES INTO THE FEEDBACK COLUMN.

9 PROVIDES FEEDBACK

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11 THINK LINK IDEAS WRITE SUMMARIES WRITE ON BACK MAKE STUDY TOOLS

12 IMMEDIATE ON-GOING PRACTICE ‘OLD INFORMATION’

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16 FIVE TYPES OF NOTE-TAKING 1.MARKING 2.MARGIN NOTES 3.CORNELL 4.VISUAL MAPPING 5.FLASH CARDS

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19 UNDERSTANDING LISTENING SKILLS FOUR VERBAL COMMUNICATIONSKILLS LISTENING SPEAKING READING WRITING RATE OF SPEECH RATE OF WRITING RATE OF THINKING

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24 1.RECORD HEADINGS AND NUMBER DETAILS. 2.REDUCE NOTES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 3.RECITE YOUR NOTES IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. CHECK ACCURACY IMMEDIATELY. 4.REFLECT, USING A VARIETY O F ACTIVITIES. 5.REVIEW IMMEDIATELY AND ON-GOING.

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26 BECAUSE- BC EXAMPLE- EX IMPORTANT- IMP. OR *** VP- VICE PRESIDENT + - = &

27 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES MEANS EFFECTS FACTORS PURPOSE IS CALLED DEFINED AS DATES NAMES FACTS STATISTICS FIRST/SECOND/THIRD BE ALERT TO VERBAL AND NON- VERBAL CLUES!

28 1.BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE MATERIAL BEFORE THE LECTURE. 2.TO HELP YOU ‘KEEP UP,’ LEAVE A GAP AND CONTINUE, OR SHIFT TO PARAGRAPH FORM. 3.USE ACTIVE LISTENING TECHNIQUES WHEN THE RATE OF SPEECH IS TOO SLOW. 4.TAKE NOTES ON ‘SIDETRACKING.’ 5.SPELL AS IT SOUNDS AND CHECK THE SPELLING LATER. 6.USE FOCUSED LISTENING TECHNIQUES TO COMBAT INATTENTIVENESS AND POOR CONCENTRATION. 7.WORK TO BETTER ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LECTURE. 8.HI-LITE AND TAKE NOTES IN THE BOOK INSTEAD OF ON PAPER WHEN THE LECTURE FOLLOWS THE BOOK.

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30 Dealing with Lecture Note Taking Problems (cont.)

31 USE THE CORNELL NOTE- TAKING SYSTEM IN A CLASS