Learning methods

The Cornell method: taking notes that work

You know this scene. A class, a lecture, a meeting. You fill page after page, diligent, exhaustive. You file it all away carefully. And you never reopen those notes. Or if you do reopen them, you get lost in a wall of text where nothing stands out anymore. The problem is not your seriousness. The […]

Learning methods

Mind mapping: structuring ideas to retain them

Here is a list of notes taken in class last week: sentences aligned, uniform, one under the other. Try to remember it now. Hard, isn’t it. Now here is a mind map scribbled on the same material: a central word, branches heading off in every direction, colors, a few keywords linked to each other. Just […]