Cornell Notes
Definition:
Cornell notes, also can be referred to as note making, is summarizing the text in the form of notes (Miller & Veatch, 2012). The Cornell note taking system is a systematic way of formating and organizing your notes, the system was initiated by an education professor at Cornell university in the late 50s (http://www.study-habits.com/cornell-notes). It is a widely used system for noting material from a lecture or reading, and for reviewing and retaining that material. Utilizing the Cornell system can help organize your notes, improve your study skills, and lead to academic success (http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Cornell-Notes).
How it works (Miller & Veatch, 2012):
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How I will use Cornell notes:
Cornell notes are an excellent way to guide students through a text but I will also model how to use them after a lecture on a particular subject. Like the 2nd (bottom) picture shown. In science, when I have given lectures, I will often give them via powerpoint to show visuals, etc. I think a great tool after a lecture would be to guide the students through the Cornell notes, giving them a way to discern key words/subjects from the notes and a summary of the entire lecture.
Examples:
The video above shows a teacher modeling for her students how to make Cornell notes. I chose this video because the teachers shows step by step how to use Cornell notes and she also gives rationale behind how to use them. She does a great job and showing her students what types of terms go in the Key Words/Subheadings part vs the Notes part. She also does a great job of guiding her students to come up with a summary for the concept.
This second video is really a step-by-step breakdown of what each section of the Cornell notes should look like. I think it does a great job of guiding the student to find what goes in each section of the Cornell notes. It also gives a few more ideas of what can go in each section, i.e. where you would put drawings or graphs in the Cornell notes.
Writing Component: Common Core English Language Arts Standards » Science & Technical Subjects » Grade 9-10 (http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RST/9-10/)
Cornell notes aid in the meeting of several Common core writing standards for 9th and 10th grade. In order to complete Cornell notes, students will be guided to cite specific textual evidence in the notes section of the notes. In the keyword section, students will need to determine the central idea of the text. Students will also need to determine the meaning of key terms and other science words in the text. The key term will be in the Keyword area of the text and definition will be in the notes section of the notes. The Cornell notes will aid in the students analyzing the structure of relationships because they will be asked to summarize the page and therefore, students will have to think about how the keywords and notes are related to one another. All of the comprehension strategies are designed to help students read and comprehend their science text both independently and proficiently.
- Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
- Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
- Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
- Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).
- By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.