Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 255 · 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.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) ten colours a page (c) tiny cramped writing (d) leaving some space
2. 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
3. 3.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a short summary (b) nothing (c) the date only (d) a drawing
4. 4.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
5. 5.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
6. 6.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) main topic in the centre (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) cue questions in margin
8. 8.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) copying word for word (c) adding small diagrams (d) writing every line
11. 11.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) short keywords (c) tiny cramped writing (d) clear headings
13. 13.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
14. 14.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
15. 15.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) headings and bullets (b) a cue column on the left (c) cue questions in margin (d) branches for subtopics
16. 16.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) a look within a day (c) leaving some space (d) short keywords
17. 17.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) no headings at all (c) a look within a day (d) clear headings
18. 18.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) with no headings (c) in your own words (d) copied word for word
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) main topic in the centre (c) notes in the big column (d) branches for subtopics
21. 21.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
23. 23.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) a look within a day (c) leaving some space (d) ten colours a page
25. 25.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) one keyword per branch (d) top-to-bottom lists
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) headings and bullets (d) a cue column on the left
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) clear headings (c) adding small diagrams (d) copying word for word
30. 30.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) ten colours a page (c) never looking again (d) your own words
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) main topic in the centre (c) a summary at the bottom (d) one keyword per branch
32. 32.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) numbered points in order (d) a summary at the bottom
34. 34.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding small diagrams (b) clear headings (c) never looking again (d) leaving some space
36. 36.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) tiny cramped writing (c) copying word for word (d) never looking again
38. 38.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) notes in the big column
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) cue questions in margin (c) a cue column on the left (d) one keyword per branch

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