Study Skills Worksheet: Cornell Notes and Mind Maps

Exam preparation lesson 12: Making notes: Cornell and mind maps · Set 717 · 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: clear headings? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
2. 2.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) adding small diagrams (c) your own words (d) a look within a day
3. 3.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) colours and small icons (d) headings and bullets
4. 4.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) the page number (b) a small detail (c) the main topic (d) the last point
5. 5.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
6. 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
7. 7.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
8. 8.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) notes in the big column (b) a cue column on the left (c) one keyword per branch (d) headings and bullets
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) ten colours a page (c) a look within a day (d) your own words
10. 10.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in your own words (b) copied word for word (c) with no headings (d) in tiny writing
11. 11.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) leaving some space (c) tiny cramped writing (d) never looking again
12. 12.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) one keyword per branch (d) colours and small icons
13. 13.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
14. 14.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
15. 15.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
17. 17.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) a look within a day (b) adding small diagrams (c) tiny cramped writing (d) short keywords
18. 18.True or false: “headings and bullets” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding small diagrams (b) a look within a day (c) your own words (d) writing every line
21. 21.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) short keywords (c) clear headings (d) never looking again
22. 22.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) cues and key questions (b) your doodles (c) the whole chapter (d) the teacher’s name
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) one keyword per branch (b) cue questions in margin (c) numbered points in order (d) a cue column on the left
24. 24.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a short summary (b) nothing (c) a drawing (d) the date only
25. 25.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) main topic in the centre (b) a summary at the bottom (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) headings and bullets
26. 26.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) a summary at the bottom (d) one keyword per branch
27. 27.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
28. 28.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) colours and small icons (c) main topic in the centre (d) headings and bullets
30. 30.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
31. 31.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
32. 32.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) a cue column on the left (c) branches for subtopics (d) top-to-bottom lists
33. 33.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
34. 34.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) ten colours a page (c) writing every line (d) copying word for word
36. 36.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) main topic in the centre (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) numbered points in order
39. 39.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) writing an essay out (b) hiding the details (c) copying a whole book (d) seeing links in a topic
40. 40.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True

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