The proven Cornell note-taking method on a single printable page. Features the signature cue column, main notes area, and summary section at the bottom. Download the fillable PDF to type into it on your computer or phone, or the printable version to fill in by hand.
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High school and university students, anyone studying for an exam or certification, and people taking notes from lectures, books, podcasts or meetings who want notes they can actually revise from.
Walter Pauk, an education professor at Cornell University, described it in the 1950s and in his book How to Study in College.
Writing cue questions forces you to process the material, and covering the notes to answer them is a form of self-testing, which is one of the most reliable ways to remember what you have learned.
Yes, completely free. No signup, no email, no catch. Just download the PDF and use it.
The template is formatted for standard US Letter (8.5 x 11 inches) and also works well on A4 paper.
Yes. Choose “Download fillable PDF”: every writing space is a text field and every checkbox can be ticked. Open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free on desktop, iPhone and Android), Preview on a Mac, or Chrome or Edge, type your answers, then save or print it. Longer boxes wrap your text onto new lines. If you would rather write by hand, use “Download printable PDF”, which has ruled lines instead.
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