1. Bellwork: By the time the timer rings,
Please write your summary of the Jane Goodall notes in 3-4 complete sentences.
Set up a new page of Cornell Notes. Use the title “Understanding How We Learn” and add it to your Table of Contents.

2. Jane Goodall Quiz
Number your paper from 1-10!

3. Cornell
Notes

4. large right hand column.
What goes where?
Questions,
subtitles,
etc. go here,
in the left
hand column.
Remember,
we want
higher level
critical
thinking
questions.
Don’t forget the heading:
Name, Class, Period, Date, Topic
Notes go here, in the
large right hand column.
A 3 to 4 sentence summary down there on the bottom of the last page of notes

5. Class Notes Topic Questions, Subtitles, Headings, Etc.
First & Last Name
Class Title
Period
Date
Topic
Questions,
Subtitles,
Headings,
Etc.
Class Notes
2 1/2”
3 to 4 sentence summary across
the bottom of the last page of the day’s notes

6. SUMMARY
Summary is added at the end of ALL note pages on the subject (not page)
Summary added AFTER questions
are finished
Summary should answer the problem stated in the subject.

7. Cornell Notetaking To minimize your “rate of forgetting”
Don’t take notes = Forget 60 % in 14 days
Take some notes = Remember 60 %
Take organized notes and do something with them=
Remember % indefinitely!
Why should you
take notes?

8. Understanding How We Learn
Our brain’s outer layer (the neocortex) where higher level thinking occurs, has 100 billion brain cells or neurons.

9. When We Learn Something New:
A dendrite, a threadlike branch, grows out of each brain cell (neuron).

10. Learning
When a dendrite from one neuron grows close enough to the dendrite of another neuron, a connection is made.
Learning = growth and the connecting of dendrites.

11. Practice!
If you practice a new skill many times, the axon of the neuron gets coated in a protein called myelin.
Thinking can now occur more quickly, & you will remember the skill for a long time.

12. How We Forget
If we only practice a skill once or twice, the connection between neurons is weak.
If you do not practice the skill again, the dendrites wither & die.
You have forgotten the new skill!
Remember: Use it or lose it!

13. Brain Videos Brain Videos
How we learn something

14. Economics
Use numbers in the left column if you have a list of things!

15. Tips for Studying with Notes
Make use of the format
Cover the right side of your notes (fold the page over, if needed)
Review and answer study questions from the left (use right side as an answer key)
Write out answers
Quiz yourself out loud

16. Tips for Studying with Notes
Write!
Write summaries of the most important material in the summary/reflection section
Write a quiz for others; exchange and correct

17. Tips for Studying with Notes
Review
Look over notes frequently to keep information and questions still unanswered fresh in mind
10 – 15 minutes / day will make such a difference!
Recite necessary info from notes

18. Tips for Studying with Notes
Study in a Group
Exchange notes with others who have complete notes
Use notes in study groups to provide a common ground of material for reference and review
Rewrite notes if necessary

19. The Right Study Skills & Attitude Will Pay Off!