ENGLISH COURSE

The Cornell Note-taking System

I. BACKGROUND

Who created
the Cornell
Note-taking
System?
Dr. Walter Pauk, Director of the Study and
Reading Center at Cornell University.
 II. DEFINITION

It is a system or
method of note-
taking that seeks to
rescue meaningful
information during
class, exposition or
explanation, as well
as in various
learning activities.
III. COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN THE TAKING OF NOTES

1. HEAR

2. SELECT

3. ORGANIZE

4. UNDERSTAND

5. SUMMARIZE
 IV. UTILITY

Get more performance.

Organize concepts and ideas.

Make more appropriate use of time.

Review and study faster.

 V. ELABORATION

Height:
5 cm
Height:

17 cm
Long:
6 cm
Long:
18,5 cm

Height:
5,5 cm

It is done on an A4 sheet before beginning the

class, exhibition or explanation. The student
must prepare the sheets or have the necessary
formats before each session.
ZONE 2 VI. ZONES
 It is done ZONE 1
immediate
ly after the
explanatio
 It is done during
n or class. class or
 Questions explanation.
are asked  It takes note of
about the what is considered
notes. important.
 Force ideas  It is recommended
are
written.
to use sentences or
 Also the short text
lexicon and fragments, to
its abbreviate as much
definition. as possible.

ZONE 3
 It is written after class.
 A short summary or conclusion of the
main ideas issued is made.
 VI. HOW TO LEARN FROM THE NOTES?

3. RECITE
4. REFLECT

2. SUMMARIZE
5. CHECK

1. TO REGISTER 6. RECAPITULATE
1. TO REGISTER
2. SUMMARIZE
3. RECITE
 For this you ask questions

4. REFLECT
5. CHECK
6. RECAPITULATE
VII. MODEL

Lined V.
 VIII. REFERENCES
Cornell University. (2001). The Cornell Note-taking System [PDF file]. New York, EU.: Author. Recovered from: http://lsc.cornell.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2016/10/Cornell-NoteTaking-System.pdfi

Cornell University. (2001). The Cornell Note-taking System. New York, EU.: the Learning Strategies Center. Recovered from:
http://lsc.cornell.edu/study-skills/cornell-note-taking-system/

Cornell University. (2017). The Cornell Note-taking System. Recovered from: http://lsc.cornell.edu/study-skills/cornell-note-taking-system/