Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 104 · 40 questions

Study tip (Notes you can test yourself with): Cornell notes: notes in the big column, cue questions in the left column, a summary at the bottom. Mind map: main topic in the centre, branches for subtopics, one keyword per branch, colours and small icons. Good habits: your own words, short keywords, clear headings, a look within a day. Poor: copying word for word, writing every line, never looking again.

1. 1.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
2. 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
3. 3.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) a cue column on the left (c) main topic in the centre (d) a summary at the bottom
4. 4.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) branches for subtopics (c) headings and bullets (d) cue questions in margin
5. 5.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
7. 7.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) a look within a day (c) leaving some space (d) tiny cramped writing
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) copying word for word (c) no headings at all (d) leaving some space
9. 9.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) branches for subtopics (c) one keyword per branch (d) headings and bullets
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) cue questions in margin (d) numbered points in order
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) main topic in the centre (c) colours and small icons (d) a cue column on the left
12. 12.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
13. 13.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
14. 14.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) cues and key questions (b) your doodles (c) the whole chapter (d) the teacher’s name
15. 15.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) ten colours a page (c) your own words (d) never looking again
16. 16.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) numbered points in order (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) headings and bullets
19. 19.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) colours and small icons
21. 21.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a short summary (b) the date only (c) a drawing (d) nothing
22. 22.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
23. 23.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) one keyword per branch (d) headings and bullets
25. 25.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
26. 26.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) ten colours a page (c) your own words (d) clear headings
27. 27.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) no headings at all (c) tiny cramped writing (d) ten colours a page
29. 29.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) colours and small icons (d) main topic in the centre
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) copying word for word (c) no headings at all (d) writing every line
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) never looking again (c) leaving some space (d) a look within a day
33. 33.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
36. 36.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
38. 38.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) cue questions in margin (b) main topic in the centre (c) numbered points in order (d) headings and bullets
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) never looking again (c) ten colours a page (d) adding small diagrams

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