I always felt that Cornell Notes never worked for my in-class note-taking — primarily because, when dealing with any subject of at least moderate complexity, the space for actual notes was only enough for 1–3 actual points (and sometimes less than one).
I find the technique much more useful for rewriting those notes (often more than once) after class and periodically thereafter. It's a useful way to boil things down, Feynman-Method style. And then the space for keywords/questions serves as an ersatz spaced-repetition / active-recall system (simply fold the page over to hide the answer, and possibly partially cut the page horizontally so you can reveal one answer at a time and avoid peeking/cheating during your review).
If I recall correctly, the person or people who invented the method had several other versions and methods too; perhaps someone else can find and share a good resource explaining them all.
I find the technique much more useful for rewriting those notes (often more than once) after class and periodically thereafter. It's a useful way to boil things down, Feynman-Method style. And then the space for keywords/questions serves as an ersatz spaced-repetition / active-recall system (simply fold the page over to hide the answer, and possibly partially cut the page horizontally so you can reveal one answer at a time and avoid peeking/cheating during your review).
If I recall correctly, the person or people who invented the method had several other versions and methods too; perhaps someone else can find and share a good resource explaining them all.