Date: October 30, 2021

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Contents

Keywords

notetaking

cornell

study

Q&As

• Can I combine multiple methods?
• What are other applications of these note-taking techniques?

Glossary

• Cue
• Brainstorm
• Spaced Repetition

Further Ideas

$\textsf{\textbf{\color{lavender}01}}$ Organize notes into notebooks with pre-defined templates.

$\textsf{\textbf{\color{lavender}02}}$ Generate flashcards and to-do items from notes.

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1. Outlining

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Creating study questions to review.

$\footnotesize\colorbox{lavender}{ 𝟭 }$ Main point 1

• Item 1
  • Item 1.1
  • Item 1.2

$\footnotesize\colorbox{lavender}{ 𝟮 }$ Main point 2

• Item 2
  • Item 2.1
  • Item 2.2

2. Cornell

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Understanding key ideas and relationships.

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Topic: Cornell Note Method

Cues

Advantages

Notes

• Organized and easy to review.
• Pull out major ideas and concepts quickly.

Summary

Cornell is the most widely used note-taking method for good reasons.

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3. Charting

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Reviewing lots of facts

Topic #1

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

Topic #2

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

Topic #3

Detail 1

Detail 2

Detail 3

4. Mapping

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Visualizing connected topics and ideas.

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5. Sentence

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Taking quick and unstructured notes

6. Boxing

$\fbox{🇧‌🇪‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌:}$ Revising concepts and summaries

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References

Ho, L. (2020, February 19). 7 Most Efficient Note Taking Methods. Lifehack. https://www.lifehack.org/856826/note-taking

How To Take Study Notes: 5 Effective Note Taking Methods. (2018, April 24). Oxford Learning. https://www.oxfordlearning.com/5-effective-note-taking-methods/

Sketchnotes For The Win! (2021, August 5). Verbal to Visual. https://www.verbaltovisual.com/sketchnotes-for-the-win/