Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 574 · 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: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing every line (b) never looking again (c) your own words (d) no headings at all
4. 4.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) a drawing (c) a short summary (d) nothing
5. 5.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) a look within a day (c) your own words (d) clear headings
6. 6.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
8. 8.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
9. 9.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
10. 10.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
11. 11.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) no headings at all (c) copying word for word (d) adding small diagrams
13. 13.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the whole chapter (c) cues and key questions (d) the teacher’s name
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) main topic in the centre (d) numbered points in order
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) no headings at all (c) clear headings (d) writing every line
16. 16.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) writing every line (c) a look within a day (d) clear headings
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) a look within a day (c) clear headings (d) tiny cramped writing
18. 18.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
19. 19.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) your own words (c) leaving some space (d) a look within a day
22. 22.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
23. 23.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
24. 24.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) cue questions in margin
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) colours and small icons
27. 27.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
29. 29.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) a look within a day (c) short keywords (d) ten colours a page
32. 32.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) copied word for word (b) with no headings (c) in tiny writing (d) in your own words
33. 33.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) a cue column on the left (c) branches for subtopics (d) a summary at the bottom
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) branches for subtopics (c) main topic in the centre (d) one keyword per branch
35. 35.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: clear headings? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) short keywords (c) no headings at all (d) a look within a day
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) notes in the big column (d) one keyword per branch
38. 38.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) notes in the big column (d) branches for subtopics
39. 39.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
40. 40.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True

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