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Re:The Cornell Note-taking System (2001) by lootsauce on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @09:36AM (#21692537)
It's not about conveying the information, it's about how to get your brain to integrate and hang on to the information. The process of writing it down, and the other steps described are all about cajoling the brain to learn new material quickly.

Personally I think it takes more than a note taking process, there has to be some personal intrinsic motivation to understand and a genuine desire to know. Otherwise its just test cramming and will be forgotton soon after.

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Re:The Cornell Note-taking System (2001) by dmortin on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @10:51AM (#21693378)
> The process of writing it down, and the other steps described are all about cajoling the brain to learn new material quickly.

In my experience we often missed things, because there was too much info, so it was very hard to copy the info and pay attention at the same time.

It would have been much better to get a copy of the notes beforehand and add only my observations, making it personal.

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