Welcome to taking Cornell Style notes for class.
You don‘t have a choice as I will be grading your notes based on two major categories:
- First is did you follow the style, and
- Second is the content. Rubric or Marking Scale is below.
- So even if you miss some of the “good” stuff, you can get points for following directions.
- First you will get points for taking notes. Part of those points if for having all the parts on the page, and the parts in the right places.
- Second, you get points for writing down what you should anyway.
- Third, by putting them in the correct places, it is easier to grade your notes and give you feedback about what is good or bad.
- Fourth, it will help your grades come test time.
Why such a big range of possible improvements?
- If you have an 85% in a class how much higher can you and will you go?
- Now if you are sitting at a solid 20% in the class, there is a lot more room to improve.
You don’t have to believe me, as long as you take the notes as directed. Now if you are curious you can read “http://ectutoring.com/cornell-notes-increase-grades” and get the information from someone who found it useful. The webpage also has direction on how to take the note, in case you do not understand it from this presentation.
That is nice and all, but what goes where and why?
See the picture below. This is assuming you are using USA sized papers and still think in that primitive measuring system of inches. Now you do have the option of flipping the cue and note taking area, from left to right to right to left, which is helpful for the left handed, though the rest of you seem to like the original orientation. If you cannot figure out the exact places to put the lines, you can use either two to four fingers to get a measure and then something with a straight edge to help keep the line neat looking. BEFORE, you take any notes, your name needs to be in the upper right corner, topic, class period and block, date, and page 1 of ___. As you add pages you would then put in page 2 of ___ and at the end of the class you fill in the blank. As I give points for having the lines, reasonably close to correct places, straight-like, and name, date, class period and page number, this means you have some points for the assignment, before you actually wrote anything about the class. For those who want to make their own in a word processor, https://www.template.net/design-templates/print/cornell-notes-template/ or https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/cornellgraph/ which is a cool one in that you can change it up to how you like it. Just because I tell you must use the CNTS, doesn’t mean it cannot be in a form that works easiest for you. Now for those who do not want to have to draw their own lines, here is a version done on excel.
Let’s see how this all works with an example.
First you are in your seat with paper, pen/pencil, having accessed/watched/read the pre-class assignment, and have any materials such as a book or handouts/pre-class notes as well as taken care of any “needs” that may distract you in class and cause you to have a detention after school if you have to leave the room during class.
Above there is pre-class notes mentioned, and I am sure someone is thinking “what’s with that?”.
When you view or read pre-lesson resource, take some notes, even if it is "What in the World is _______ supposed to mean?" The notes on ______ would be the CUE items of questions to ask in class.
The link to the video it at https://youtu.be/PxFaEwMLuQk
Above is an example of graph style Cornell note paper. Below is a video to how to make the Cornell paper using excel as an exercise in using excel for non-math purposes such as making a form. So if you are someone who is not good at drawing three lines and putting all the parts in the correct spot. Then this is one option for making your own. Earlier on this web page was some links to places that also can help you make a Cornell Style Note Taking form.
More Links to More Video, in case you need or Want more. This way you don't have to look them up.
Scale for Note taking– On Scale of 25 Marks
Header and set up (5 marks)
Page # out of # completed at the end = 2 marks
Entry into the grade books will be (Your Marks) /25 Marks = some % * (assignment value) = entry. As an example Your Marks are 23 out of 25 or 92% and the assignment is 5 formative points, or (92%) * 2 = 1.84 points in the grade book. Please, do not mix up marks, and points in a grading category, and your entire final grade. While notes are generally formative, they could be a summative, and that 30% of your final grade is from formative assessments, and 70% is from summative items, like test and lab reports. Do not discount the effect of formative assessments on your grade, as if you had zero in formative and 84.9% in summative your total would be (0% * 30%) + (84.9% * 70%) = 0% + 59.43% = Failed. While someone who did 95% on formative with 75% in summative would have (95%*30%) + (75% * 70%) = 28.5%+49% = 81% or a B yet test at a C level. So the formative can make or break your grade, for an extreme example try someone who gets 100% on formative and 43% on summative, or 100% of 30% (30) plus (43% * 70% or 30.1%) = 30% + 30.1% = 60.1% passing, yet, failed every test.
Header and set up (5 marks)
- Sufficient name to identify student – No name no other points possible, or you went from a possible 100% to Zero Percent. = (1 mark)
- Subject. = (1 mark)
- Period. = (1 mark)
- Date. = (1 mark)
- 4 regions/boxes with Cue and Summary big enough to use. (If you skip a box you skip all the points that go with it, so this hurts twice). = (1 mark)
- Substantially Complete = 3
- Most of the major items = 2
- Some relevant notes = 1
- Insufficient = 0 or negative if inappropriate (Yes, you can go backwards plus disciplinary actions)
- Appropriate entries and well thought out. = 4-5 marks
- Minimal original thoughts or questions = 3-4 marks
- Only copies of other people’s questions = 1-2 marks
- Insufficient = 0
- Inappropriate = negative marks (Yes, you can go backwards plus disciplinary actions)
- All the major points of the lesson referenced and evidence that participated in the class discussion, or other evidence of Metacognitive thinking about how this all goes together (9-10 marks).
- Most of the major items of lesson addressed or referenced, some evidence of Big Picture Thinking = (6-8 marks)
- Some evidence of thought about what happened during lesson or at least some legitimate references to pre-class activity (4-6 marks)
- Insufficient to show fully participated but some relevant entries = (0 - 3 marks)
- Inappropriate = negative marks (Yes, you can go backwards plus disciplinary actions)
Page # out of # completed at the end = 2 marks
Entry into the grade books will be (Your Marks) /25 Marks = some % * (assignment value) = entry. As an example Your Marks are 23 out of 25 or 92% and the assignment is 5 formative points, or (92%) * 2 = 1.84 points in the grade book. Please, do not mix up marks, and points in a grading category, and your entire final grade. While notes are generally formative, they could be a summative, and that 30% of your final grade is from formative assessments, and 70% is from summative items, like test and lab reports. Do not discount the effect of formative assessments on your grade, as if you had zero in formative and 84.9% in summative your total would be (0% * 30%) + (84.9% * 70%) = 0% + 59.43% = Failed. While someone who did 95% on formative with 75% in summative would have (95%*30%) + (75% * 70%) = 28.5%+49% = 81% or a B yet test at a C level. So the formative can make or break your grade, for an extreme example try someone who gets 100% on formative and 43% on summative, or 100% of 30% (30) plus (43% * 70% or 30.1%) = 30% + 30.1% = 60.1% passing, yet, failed every test.
Here is an excel file with the rubric for the lab and the CNTS.
rubrics_for_labs_and_cnts_8-24-16.xlsx | |
File Size: | 32 kb |
File Type: | xlsx |