MTHS students and teachers are trained in the Cornell note taking method.

MTHS students and teachers are trained in the Cornell note taking method.

• How did you learn the skill of note taking?

• How did this skill contribute to your success?

Quickwrite Questions:

First & Last NameClass Title

PeriodDate

Topic

Questions,Subtitles,Headings

Class notes here

2 1/2”

3 to 4 sentence summary across the bottom of the last page

of the day’s notes

• Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Dr. Walter Pauk.

• Designed in response to frustration over student test scores.

• Meant to be easily used as a test study guide.

• Adopted by most major law schools, Cornell U, and the AVID program as the preferred note taking method.

Students and teachers Students and teachers at MTHS are trained in theat MTHS are trained in theCornell Notetaking MethodCornell Notetaking Method

• Good notes allow students to help each other problem solve.

• Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills.

• Note taking helps students remember what is said in class.

• A good set of notes can help students work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.

• Good notes allow students to help each other problem solve.

• Good Notes help students organize and process data and information.

• Helps student recall by getting them to process their notes 3 times.

• Writing is a great tool for learning!

• To minimize your rate of forgetting.

Don’t take notes = Forget 60% in 14 days

Take some notes = Remember 60%

Take organized notes and do something with them=

Remember 90-100% indefinitely!

Dr. Walter Pauk, Cornell University Reading Center

Understanding How We LearnUnderstanding How We Learn

• Our brainOur brain’’s outer layer (the s outer layer (the neocortex) where higher level neocortex) where higher level thinking occurs, has 100 billion thinking occurs, has 100 billion brain cells or neurons.brain cells or neurons.

When We Learn When We Learn Something New:Something New:

• A dendrite, a threadlike branch, A dendrite, a threadlike branch, grows out of each brain cell grows out of each brain cell (neuron).(neuron).

LearningLearning

• When a dendrite from one neuron When a dendrite from one neuron grows close enough to the dendrite grows close enough to the dendrite of another neuron, a of another neuron, a connectionconnection is is made. made.

• Learning = growth and the Learning = growth and the connecting of dendritesconnecting of dendrites..

Practice New MaterialPractice New Material

• If you practice a new skill many If you practice a new skill many times, the times, the dendrites get coated dendrites get coated in a in a protein called protein called myelinmyelin..

• Thinking Thinking can now occur can now occur more more quicklyquickly, and you will remember the , and you will remember the skill for a skill for a long timelong time..

How We ForgetHow We Forget• If we only practice a skill once or If we only practice a skill once or

twice the connection between twice the connection between neurons is weak.neurons is weak.

• If you do not practice the skill again If you do not practice the skill again the dendrites wither and die.the dendrites wither and die.

• You have forgotten the new skill!You have forgotten the new skill!

(Diagram copied during lecture)

(Questions about it )

• How do the ticks find the cattle?

• Why don’t the ticks usually kill their host?

• How could tick infestations in cattle impact humans?

Recall Clue Column Record Column Propaganda Techniques in Advertising

Define "Propaganda"

Intro Propaganda used by politicians, writers. Also by advertisers. Def: Messages intended to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion.

List 4 common tech. used by advertisers

Advertisers use propaganda. 4 techniques common.

1. Testimonial Def: Celebrities used to pitch idea, sell product; Audience associate star qualities of celebrity w/ product. Define & explain "testimonial" technique

Ex. Michael Jordan sells Nike shoes

2. Bandwagon Def: Encourages people to buy b/c e'one is doing it. Ads urge you to get on board; don't get left out. Define & explain "bandwagon" technique

Ex. "All over America, people are switching to...."

3. Plain Folks Def: Product associated with ordinary folks like you & me. Ads use "regular", next-door-neighbor types to sell product. Define & explain "plain folks" technique

Ex. New mother in hospital uses Tylenol.

4. Transfer Product associated with s'thing that is attractive or respectable. Car ads show gorgeous model - audience transfer feelings about model to car. Ads use patriotic symbols like bald eagle - audience transfers patriotic feelings

to product, company. Define & explain "transfer" technique

Ex. Wal-Mart claims to sell only made-in-USA products.

SUMMARY: Advertisers use propaganda. Propaganda = Messages intended to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion. 4 common propaganda techniques used by advertisers: 1. Testimonial: celebrity endorses product. 2. Bandwagon: everybody is buying product. 3. Plain Folks: ordinary, non-glamorous people like us use it. 4. Transfer: transfer feelings of admiration to product.

Anthropods

• May reflect headings in PowerPoint lectures

• Leave room on the left for questions and diagrams

• Leave plenty of room within the outline for student note-taking

Speaker says: “Hippocrates, aGreek who is considered to be theFather of modern medicine, wasBorn on the island of Cos in460 B.C.”

Notes say: “Hippocrates (Gr.)Father of med. B. Cos 460BC”

• Cover the right side of your notes; review and answer study questions from the left using the right side as an answer key

• Quiz yourself out loud• Cover the right side with blank

paper; write out answers to the left column study questions

Make use of the formatMake use of the format

• Write summaries of the most important material in the summary/reflection section

• Write a quiz for others using notes; exchange and correct

• Write anticipated test questions beyond those already in the left-hand column and write answers

Write!Write!

• Look over notes frequently to keep information and questions still unanswered fresh in mind

• Recite information from notes

ReviewReview

• Exchange notes with others to flesh out information and understanding

• Use notes in study groups to provide a common ground of material for reference and review

• Rewrite notes if necessary

Study in a GroupStudy in a Group

Notes go here, in the large right hand column.

Questions, subtitles,etc. go here,in the left hand column.Remember,we wanthigher levelcritical thinkingquestions. A 3 to 4 sentence summary down there

on the bottom of the last page of notes

Don’t forget the heading:Name, Class, Period, Date, Topic

Question LevelsQuestion Levels• Level 3 (Go Beyond)Level 3 (Go Beyond)Imagine, plan, evaluate, judge, predict, extrapolate, invent, speculate, generalize Imagine, plan, evaluate, judge, predict, extrapolate, invent, speculate, generalize

• Level 2 (Process)Level 2 (Process)Analyze, categorize, explain, classify, compare, contrast, infer, organize, sequence Analyze, categorize, explain, classify, compare, contrast, infer, organize, sequence

• Level 1 (Recall)Level 1 (Recall)Complete, count, match, define, observe, recite, describe, list, identify, recallComplete, count, match, define, observe, recite, describe, list, identify, recall

TWO ACRONYMS TOTWO ACRONYMS TOGET STARTEDGET STARTED

• SLANT - BehavioralSLANT - Behavioral

• STAR - ProceduralSTAR - Procedural

SLANTSLANT

• SSit in frontit in front• LLean forwardean forward• AAsk questionssk questions• NNodod• TTake notes and ake notes and

talk to teacher after classtalk to teacher after class

STARSTAR• SSet up your pageet up your page– Draw your marginsDraw your margins– Label clearlyLabel clearly

• TTake notesake notes– Use your best Cornell strategiesUse your best Cornell strategies

• AActively listenctively listen– Analyze, ask questions!Analyze, ask questions!

• RReview, revise, reflecteview, revise, reflect– Look over notes, highlight, add factsLook over notes, highlight, add facts– Write your questions (aim for level 3)Write your questions (aim for level 3)– Write your reflectionWrite your reflection

The Right Study Skill & The Right Study Skill & Attitude Will Pay Off!Attitude Will Pay Off!