Thursday, October 30, 2008

Throughout the weeks that have passed, I have noticed another study habit that can be both useful and helpful. Researching and looking at the facts of this study habit I saw the results of grades on tests as well as assignments and realized that it gave the student an advantage in which the person got a good grade. The name of this study habit is cornell notes and this study habit that can ensure to do of much goodness. Cornell notes can be used by everyone if given the time to create as well as study them. The way that this can be used to help on test or assignments or better yet the steps needed to do this is simple. Firstly, you can fold a paper in half and on one half you can have questions while on the other half you have answers. I am pretty sure this is a simple step to do. Next, since cornell notes are used on readings, you will dissect a piece of reading in the following steps. Before reading the section, you look at the title of the paragraph and find a way to create it into a useful question that will help you take notes. When taking notes on the passage make sure to not take notes on every little detail because I have seen people do that. Instead, take notes on details that are important as well as details relating to the question that you wrote on the left side of your cornell notes. Furthermore, once you have completed a good amount on notes and be sure that you know that the notes make since you find a nice and quite place to be. Once you have found a quite place you pull out your notes and go over all the things you wrote down and spend time memorizing thme over and over again if you have to in order to make sure that you will do a good job. The next day when you are receiving the test you can have your little laugh to show that you know all the stuff, except don't laugh at a point in which people look at you and think that you are a crazy person. Nevertheless, I am pretty sure that after taking the test you are anxious to know what the results were of the test because you are sure you passed it. If you did the steps well you will not have to worry about the test because you should know that you did good. Throughout the rest of your years you can see results of doing a good job by using cornell notes.

1 comment:

radio_nessa said...

ooh, Cornell Notes are a pain. They might work for some people, but what I've seen in my classes is that most do not like cornell notes. And the reason that they do not like them is because of the reason that makes those notes so good: organization.

A lot really goes into using cornell notes. You need to organize how you write something, where you write it, and what else you write following that note.

However, Cornell Notes can be good because of the questions, the summary, and the way the paper is folded.

The question cause you to think about what you have written, as well as the summary. For the way the paper is written, you could simply fold over the paper, hiding the notes and only seeing the questions.

As a study tip maybe something you should look into would be mnemonic when it comes to vocabulary.