Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 421 · 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: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) writing every line (c) ten colours a page (d) copying word for word
3. 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
4. 4.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
5. 5.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
6. 6.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
7. 7.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
8. 8.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
9. 9.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in your own words (b) copied word for word (c) with no headings (d) in tiny writing
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) main topic in the centre (b) colours and small icons (c) headings and bullets (d) branches for subtopics
11. 11.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) a small detail (b) the page number (c) the last point (d) the main topic
12. 12.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a short summary (b) nothing (c) a drawing (d) the date only
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) numbered points in order (c) one keyword per branch (d) main topic in the centre
16. 16.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) tiny cramped writing (c) short keywords (d) no headings at all
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) your own words (c) adding small diagrams (d) leaving some space
18. 18.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) clear headings (b) tiny cramped writing (c) your own words (d) short keywords
19. 19.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) seeing links in a topic (b) copying a whole book (c) writing an essay out (d) hiding the details
20. 20.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) clear headings (c) adding small diagrams (d) copying word for word
21. 21.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
22. 22.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) leaving some space (c) never looking again (d) ten colours a page
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) copying word for word (c) writing every line (d) tiny cramped writing
26. 26.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) branches for subtopics (c) notes in the big column (d) one keyword per branch
28. 28.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) a summary at the bottom (d) colours and small icons
29. 29.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) numbered points in order (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) colours and small icons (d) headings and bullets
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) branches for subtopics (c) numbered points in order (d) top-to-bottom lists
31. 31.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) colours and small icons (d) numbered points in order
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) a summary at the bottom
34. 34.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) branches for subtopics (c) main topic in the centre (d) cue questions in margin
35. 35.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) a cue column on the left
37. 37.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
38. 38.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
40. 40.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) a look within a day (c) copying word for word (d) no headings at all

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