Note-taking plays a crucial part in the study. It helps you to remember information and supports your understanding of that information. Of course, there will be your own techniques that work for you, and everyone has different styles of understanding things. However, these 3 note-taking methods are most well known, and well proven that will help you in studying. I hope this information helps you find the note-taking method that works for you.
1. The Cornell Method
In the 1950s, Cornell University developed this method. You will organize things by using 3 sections:
- The Cue Section= fill out main points, people, potential test questions, keywords and more.
- The Notes Section= expand and explain the cue points and use headings to summarize key points. when getting into specifics, using bullet points and numbers will make eye-catching notes.
- The Summary Section= Summarizes all of the information in a few sentences and highlights some key points and main ideas using bullet points and numbers.
The Cornell Method is good for:
-person who want their notes to be very organized and easy to review
-person who want to see major ideas, key points, and concepts quickly
2. The Outline Method
This is one of the easiest and popular way to take notes. It is well known to give proper and clean structures. To take a note in this method, you select key points, and under those key points, you write information(sub-points) more in-depth. Using bullet points for the sub-points will help to distinguish between the main and sub-points more straightforward.
The Outline Method is good for:
-person who wants to see the relationship between main points and sub-points clearly.
-person who wants to reduce their reviewing and editing time.
3. The Mapping Method
When the lecture content is intense and hard to understand the relationship between the information, it is best to use the mapping method. You establish relationships between the information by using branches. To start, write the main topic at the top of the paper, and keep dividing it into subtopics on the left and right, and add information for each subtopic as you go down.
The Mapping Method is good for:
-person who wants their information to be visually appealing
-person who wants to detail information in a concise form
