Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 227 · 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: your own words? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) copying word for word (c) tiny cramped writing (d) adding small diagrams
3. 3.📝 How do Cornell notes help with active recall? (a) they are colourful (b) cover notes, use cues (c) they need no review (d) they are long
4. 4.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) a small detail (b) the main topic (c) the last point (d) the page number
5. 5.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) cue questions in margin (b) a summary at the bottom (c) a cue column on the left (d) colours and small icons
7. 7.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
8. 8.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
9. 9.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) clear headings (c) short keywords (d) copying word for word
10. 10.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
12. 12.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) writing an essay out (b) hiding the details (c) seeing links in a topic (d) copying a whole book
13. 13.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) writing every line (c) never looking again (d) ten colours a page
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) a look within a day (c) leaving some space (d) tiny cramped writing
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) notes in the big column (c) one keyword per branch (d) a summary at the bottom
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) ten colours a page (c) writing every line (d) short keywords
17. 17.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) adding small diagrams (c) a look within a day (d) ten colours a page
18. 18.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) notes in the big column (c) main topic in the centre (d) numbered points in order
19. 19.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) the teacher’s name (b) your doodles (c) cues and key questions (d) the whole chapter
21. 21.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) a short summary (c) a drawing (d) nothing
22. 22.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) numbered points in order (c) a summary at the bottom (d) main topic in the centre
24. 24.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
25. 25.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) tiny cramped writing (c) writing every line (d) no headings at all
26. 26.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) one keyword per branch (b) numbered points in order (c) cue questions in margin (d) headings and bullets
27. 27.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) main topic in the centre (c) cue questions in margin (d) a cue column on the left
29. 29.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) cue questions in margin (c) notes in the big column (d) a cue column on the left
31. 31.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) no headings at all (c) short keywords (d) clear headings
35. 35.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) a summary at the bottom (c) main topic in the centre (d) notes in the big column
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) cue questions in margin (c) headings and bullets (d) notes in the big column
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) short keywords (c) a look within a day (d) writing every line
38. 38.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) a look within a day (c) short keywords (d) adding small diagrams
39. 39.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) tiny cramped writing (c) a look within a day (d) ten colours a page
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) ten colours a page (c) tiny cramped writing (d) a look within a day

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