Quickwrite Questions:

• How did you learn

the skill of note
taking?
• How did this skill
contribute to your
success?
• Cornell note taking stimulate
critical thinking skills.

• Note taking helps students

remember what is said in class.

• A good set of notes can help

students work on assignments
and prepare for tests outside of
the classroom.
• Good notes allow students to help
each other problem solve.
• Good Notes help students organize
and process data and information.
• Helps student recall by
getting them to process
their notes 3 times.
• Writing is a great tool for learning!
• Developed in 1949 at Cornell
University by Walter Pauk.
• Designed in response to frustration
over student test scores.
• Meant to be easily used
as a test study guide.
• Adopted by most major law schools
as the preferred note taking method.
The Cornell system for
taking notes is
designed to (1) save
time while (2) enabling
students to maximize
the effectiveness of
their note taking.
The Cornell sytems
for taking notes
consists of the
following steps:
Step 1 - Divide your paper
into two columns
Step 2 - Take notes in the
note-taking column
Step 3
Review your notes within 24
hours
 First & Last Name
Class Title
Topic Period
Date

Questions,
Subtitles,
Headings,
Class Notes
Etc.

2 1/2”

3 to 4 sentence summary across

the bottom of the last page of the
day’s notes
Subject: Why take Cornell notes? Date:
PROCESS Main Ideas (input)
(output)
Can be used to provide an outline of chapter or lecture.
How can Organized by main ideas and details.
Cornell notes Can be as detailed as necessary.
help me Sequential-- take notes as they are given by instructor or
text in an orderly fashion.
organize my After class, write a summary of what you learned to
ideas? clarify and reinforce learning and to assist retention.
Can be used as study tool:
Which side for 1. Define terms or explain concepts listed on left side.
diagrams? 2. Identify the concept or term on the right side.

Why use Can be used to provide a "big picture" of the chapter or

concept maps? lecture.
Organized by main ideas and sub-topics
Limited in how much detail you can represent.
Simultaneous- you can use this method for instructors
who jump around from topic to topic.
After class, you can add questions to the left side
What are the Can be used as a study tool
-- to get a quick overview
benefits to me? and to determine whether you need more information or
need to concentrate your study on specific topics.
Subject: Notetaking Date: 11/20/01
Summary:

There are a couple of ways that you can take notes. The Cornell
method is best when the information is given in a sequential, orderly
fashion and allows for more detail. The semantic web/concept map
method works best for instructors who skip around from topic to
topic, and provides a "big picture" when you're previewing
materials or getting ready to study for a test.

• Summary is added at the end of ALL

note pages on the subject (not at the
end of each page)
• Summary added AFTER questions
are finished
(Questions (Diagram copied
about it ) during lecture)
• How do the
ticks find the
cattle?
• Why don’t the
ticks usually
kill their host?
• How could
tick
infestations in
cattle impact
humans?
Speaker says: “Hippocrates, a
Greek who is considered to be the
Father of modern medicine, was
Born on the island of Cos in
460 B.C.”

Notes say: “Hippocrates (Gr.)

Father of med. B. Cos 460BC”
• Let’s get out a
sheet of Cornell
note paper and
get ready to
practice the skill.
7 HABITS OF HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Be Proactive Fosters courage

to take risks and accept new
challenges to achieve goals
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Begin with the End in Mind

Brings projects to completion
and unites teams and
organizations under a shared
vision, mission, and purpose
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Put First Things First Promotes getting

the most important things done first
and encourages direct effectiveness
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Think WinWin Encourages

conflict resolution and helps
individuals seek mutual
benefit, increasing group
momentum
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Seek First to Understand, Then

to Be Understood Helps people
understand problems, resulting
in targeted solutions; and
promotes better
communications, leading to
successful problem solving
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Synergize Ensures greater “buyin” from

team members and leverages the
diversity of individuals to increase
levels of success
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Sharpen the Saw Promotes

continuous improvements
and safeguards against
“burnout” and subsequent
nonproductivity
COVEY’S TIME MANAGEMENT GRID
We live in a time pressured world where it is
common to have multiple overlapping
commitments that all require immediate attention
now. Urgency is no long reserved for special
occasions, they are an everyday occurrences.
Missing deadlines is not the path to
advancement or even good job reviews. So how can
one manage the flood of responsibilities, do
excellent work and maintain a positive frame of
mind? The Covey time management grid is an
effective method of organizing your priorities. As
you can see from the grid below, there are four
quadrants organized by urgency and importance.
Quadrant I is for the
immediate and important deadlines.
Quadrant II is for long-term strategizing
and development.
Quadrant III is for time pressured
distractions. They are not really important,
but someone wants it now.
Quadrant IV is for those activities that yield
little is any value. These are
activities that are often used for taking a
break from time pressured and
important activities.
 THE BOTTOM LINE: DO
IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST!
Activity
CATEGORIZE YOUR
ACTIVITIES USING COVEY’S
TIME MANAGEMENT GRID
• Why is it important to organize
one’s task?
• What are the different note taking
method?
• What is CNTM?
• What are the 5 r’s in note taking?
• Apart from attending classes, in
which other activities can note
taking be a useful skill?
• Outside school, in what ways can
you apply time management?
In your own opinion, what
are the characteristics of
highly effective students?
 Evaluation
1. Take notes using CNTM
2. Prepare a study schedule
for a week based on your
class schedule. (please
indicate at which times of
the day you will study and
prepare for your daily
class)