Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 266 · 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: a look within a day? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) a look within a day (c) never looking again (d) copying word for word
3. 3.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) copying word for word (c) clear headings (d) tiny cramped writing
4. 4.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
5. 5.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
6. 6.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
7. 7.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) adding small diagrams (c) never looking again (d) ten colours a page
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) leaving some space (c) no headings at all (d) tiny cramped writing
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) a cue column on the left (d) cue questions in margin
11. 11.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) numbered points in order (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) headings and bullets
13. 13.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a cue column on the left (b) colours and small icons (c) notes in the big column (d) headings and bullets
15. 15.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) copied word for word (c) with no headings (d) in your own words
16. 16.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) cues and key questions (c) the whole chapter (d) the teacher’s name
17. 17.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) ten colours a page (c) short keywords (d) clear headings
18. 18.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a cue column on the left (b) one keyword per branch (c) cue questions in margin (d) top-to-bottom lists
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) notes in the big column (c) a cue column on the left (d) one keyword per branch
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) a summary at the bottom (c) notes in the big column (d) a cue column on the left
21. 21.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
22. 22.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) notes in the big column (c) headings and bullets (d) one keyword per branch
25. 25.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) headings and bullets (c) a summary at the bottom (d) cue questions in margin
27. 27.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) ten colours a page (c) never looking again (d) clear headings
29. 29.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
30. 30.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) never looking again (c) ten colours a page (d) tiny cramped writing
31. 31.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
32. 32.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) copying a whole book (b) hiding the details (c) writing an essay out (d) seeing links in a topic
33. 33.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) main topic in the centre (b) colours and small icons (c) headings and bullets (d) a summary at the bottom
34. 34.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
35. 35.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
36. 36.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) colours and small icons (c) cue questions in margin (d) a summary at the bottom
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) copying word for word (c) adding small diagrams (d) leaving some space
38. 38.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) main topic in the centre (c) numbered points in order (d) top-to-bottom lists
39. 39.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) the last point (b) the page number (c) a small detail (d) the main topic
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) a cue column on the left (b) numbered points in order (c) main topic in the centre (d) colours and small icons

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