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Cornell Notes System
💡 In the 1940s, Cornell Professor Walter Pauk developed a new note-
taking system to give college students a better way to organize,
condense, and intake knowledge. It's proven as an incredibly effective
learning tool. Here's how to use it in Notion.
Divide your page into two columns.
The narrower left column is for recording keywords, questions, and recall
prompts. The right column is for your actual notes taken during a lecture or class.
Recall Notes
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KEYWORD ....
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RELEVANT ....
QUESTION
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Create a summary section at the bottom.
When you review your notes, briefly summarize what you learned and what is
important to retain from the full page of notes. This will help you internalize the
information.
📌 SUMMARY Create a callout box like this one in Notion by typing
/callout . It's the perfect way to capture summaries that stand out.
Here's an example:
We promise, a template is coming below!
Recall Notes
What is the Propaganda is messages intended to persuade
definition of audiences to adopt a certain option.
propaganda?
Advertisers use propaganda using 4 techniques:
Testimonial
Bandwagon
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What are the 4 Plain folks
techniques used
Transfer
by advertisers?
Testimonial example: Michael Jordan sells Nike shoes
What is an
example?
📌 SUMMARY Advertisers use propaganda to sell products, and use 4
different techniques to do so.
Here's your template!
@today automatically stamps your notes with today's date. Fill in the topic of the
lecture or class. Then use the Cornell Notes structure below. Click the + New Notes
button above to automatically generate a fresh set of notes in this format.
Date: @Oct 5, 2019
Topic:
Recall Notes
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📌 SUMMARY
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