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# Studying with Cornell Notes, using Zumtum

### The traditional way

Cornell notes are a long-standing tradition in pen-and-paper notetaking. Cornell notes trick you into repeatedly processing the same material over a period of days, helping you to memorize and understand it. 

These are the five steps:

* on a blank sheet, draw a vertical divider.  
* only write notes to the right of this line
* at a later time, create questions on the left, that answer your notes on the right
* at an even later time, cover up the right side and see if you can mentally recall the notes on the right that are the answers to your questions on the left
* the last step, is to write a short piece on the bottom of the sheet that answers the questions on the left in your own words

![image of Cornell notes by Ivana Stefanoska](https://1855791271-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LkZj4-8H5skfaqjl2AK%2F-LkZj9P87I5gqP12r0hG%2F-LkZjgENjS5Y-tTY7gOZ%2FcornellPaperNotes.jpg?alt=media\&token=06b7f9de-5adf-4ac7-95de-5edfa8e42605)

### The Zumtum way

Zumtum helps you do this five step process using your tablet, phone, or laptop.

Get [started](https://atom-box.github.io/zumtum/) with Zumtum.