Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 237 · 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: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) your own words (c) leaving some space (d) never looking again
4. 4.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
5. 5.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
7. 7.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
8. 8.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) adding small diagrams (c) copying word for word (d) writing every line
9. 9.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) never looking again (c) writing every line (d) clear headings
10. 10.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
11. 11.📝 How do Cornell notes help with active recall? (a) they are long (b) they are colourful (c) they need no review (d) cover notes, use cues
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding small diagrams (b) no headings at all (c) tiny cramped writing (d) writing every line
13. 13.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) colours and small icons (c) a summary at the bottom (d) a cue column on the left
16. 16.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) a look within a day (c) tiny cramped writing (d) no headings at all
18. 18.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) numbered points in order (c) a cue column on the left (d) branches for subtopics
19. 19.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) a cue column on the left (c) numbered points in order (d) headings and bullets
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) clear headings (c) writing every line (d) short keywords
22. 22.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in your own words (b) in tiny writing (c) copied word for word (d) with no headings
23. 23.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
24. 24.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) clear headings (b) adding small diagrams (c) a look within a day (d) copying word for word
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) main topic in the centre (d) headings and bullets
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) no headings at all (c) writing every line (d) ten colours a page
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) short keywords (c) leaving some space (d) tiny cramped writing
28. 28.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) colours and small icons (b) headings and bullets (c) a cue column on the left (d) top-to-bottom lists
29. 29.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) one keyword per branch (d) cue questions in margin
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) a cue column on the left (d) headings and bullets
31. 31.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) notes in the big column (b) a cue column on the left (c) headings and bullets (d) colours and small icons
32. 32.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) nothing (b) a short summary (c) a drawing (d) the date only
33. 33.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: a look within a day? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
35. 35.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
36. 36.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
37. 37.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) writing every line (c) no headings at all (d) leaving some space
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) main topic in the centre (c) a summary at the bottom (d) top-to-bottom lists

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