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The Cornell notes page: a cue column for questions, the notes beside it and the summary across the bottom. Choose the ruling and the column sizes, then print it true to size or download it as Word to edit in Google Docs.
Walter Pauk designed the Cornell system at Cornell University: one page, three areas, and five steps that turn notes from a lesson into revision.
During the lesson, write the main ideas and facts in the notes area, in short phrases rather than full sentences.
Soon after, write questions and key words in the cue column, beside the notes they point to.
Cover the notes, read each question or key word, and say the answer in your own words before checking.
Write the summary at the bottom: the lesson in two or three sentences, and how it links to what you already know.
Go back to the page within a day, then for at least ten minutes every week, using the cue column as a test.
The method as Cornell University describes it: Cornell Learning Strategies Center
The student takes notes during the lesson; in the last five minutes they write the cues and the summary, which shows what stuck.
Each mistake goes in the notes, the question it came from in the cue column, and the rule to remember in the summary.
Words in the cue column, meanings and examples in the notes: cover one side and test the other.
A page per topic, the cue column becomes a list of questions to answer from memory a week before the exam.
In Teamlilit every lesson ends with a wrap-up: your notes, a summary of what was covered and the homework, kept on the student's record.
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