Cornell notes

Cornell notes split a page into three parts: a wide column of notes taken during the lecture or reading, a narrow column of cues (questions and key terms) written afterward, and a short summary at the bottom. The system comes from Walter Pauk at Cornell University. It works because the cue column turns the notes into a self-test: cover the right side, read a question on the left, and answer it from memory.

In Markdown there is no real left column, so this skill writes each cue as a question with its notes directly under it. The effect is the same: the questions can be read on their own, and the answers sit right below.

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