Note taking template: free printable PDF
A note taking template is a page with a topic line, room for headings with short points under each, and a box for questions to follow up. Print the blank sheet below and use it in class: one heading per new idea, short points beneath it and open questions at the bottom. The filled example shows a lecture on supply and demand.
This is the outline method on one page. It works best when the lecture follows a clear order, such as a textbook chapter or a talk with slides. If the lecturer jumps around, the Cornell notes template copes better, because you sort things out afterwards.
Keep points short: a term, a number, a cause and its effect. If you write full sentences, you stop listening. The questions box is for what you did not follow, so you can ask or look it up while it is fresh.
Print on A4 or Letter at 100 percent. Saved as a PDF, the sheet also works in a notes app on a tablet.