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Answering test questions

Today

• General steps to answer 'open' questions effectively.
• Practice with the steps.

What do you do when you have to answer a test question?

General Steps

Always, take the following steps when answering a question:

1. Read the question carefully.
2. Identify possible keyterms in the question.
3. Ask yourself: what information does my teacher want from me?

Practicing the steps

On the next couple of slides you will see a few test questions. 

You don't have to answer the test question. 

Only answer the question about the test question.

The test question is:
Why can GNP per capita give an incorrect idea level of development in a country?

Which keyterm(s) can you identify in this test question?

So where do we go from here?

• We read the question
• We identified the keyterms 

• Lastly we need to see what information your teacher needs from you. 

What information does your teacher want from you?

You will find that most of the more difficult questions on the geography test will ask you for causes and consequences of to explain different processes.

Cause/ Consequence	Why does x cause y ? How does x enhance y ? Why does x happen?
Process	How is x formed? How does x work?

What information does your teacher want from you?

In our question we already identified the keyterms: 

"Why can GNP per capita give an incorrect idea level of development in a country?"

Tip: explain the keyterms
 in your answer to come
to a complete answer. 

Cause/Consequence	Why does x cause y ? How does x enhance y ? Why does x happen? etc.
Process	How is x formed? How does x work? etc.

Use the steps you just learned to answer the test question:

"Why can GNP per capita give an incorrect idea level of development in a country?"

Kahoot!