Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 108 · 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: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) ten colours a page (c) no headings at all (d) short keywords
3. 3.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) writing every line (c) never looking again (d) short keywords
4. 4.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) the last point (b) a small detail (c) the page number (d) the main topic
5. 5.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) branches for subtopics (d) cue questions in margin
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) writing every line (c) adding small diagrams (d) short keywords
7. 7.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) nothing (b) the date only (c) a drawing (d) a short summary
9. 9.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) hiding the details (b) copying a whole book (c) writing an essay out (d) seeing links in a topic
10. 10.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
11. 11.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) the whole chapter (b) your doodles (c) cues and key questions (d) the teacher’s name
12. 12.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) colours and small icons (c) branches for subtopics (d) a summary at the bottom
14. 14.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
15. 15.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: a look within a day? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
17. 17.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
18. 18.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
19. 19.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
21. 21.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) numbered points in order (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) branches for subtopics
25. 25.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
27. 27.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) one keyword per branch (c) numbered points in order (d) notes in the big column
28. 28.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) a look within a day (c) copying word for word (d) leaving some space
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) clear headings (c) adding small diagrams (d) ten colours a page
30. 30.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) one keyword per branch (c) cue questions in margin (d) colours and small icons
31. 31.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
32. 32.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) in your own words (c) copied word for word (d) in tiny writing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) main topic in the centre (b) branches for subtopics (c) notes in the big column (d) colours and small icons
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) main topic in the centre (b) cue questions in margin (c) colours and small icons (d) one keyword per branch
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) your own words (c) copying word for word (d) never looking again
36. 36.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
37. 37.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) one keyword per branch (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) cue questions in margin
38. 38.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) a summary at the bottom (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
40. 40.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) never looking again (c) leaving some space (d) your own words

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