Unit 1 Study Guide – a guide to preparation for all parts of the Unit Exam

Tips: What Helps Learning? from the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

 

The link will have history content about 8 days before the exam. If you do not see it then, please remind me.

 

Practical Issues That Students Frequently Want to Know

The two parts of the exam are:

All of the questions are done as sets:

Information that students frequently want to know about the two parts of the tests

Practical Issues About Content That Students Frequently Want To Know

Test questions will be from:

Information that students frequently want to know about writing an answer:

 

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Practical Issues That Students Frequently Want to Know

The two parts of the exam are:

·         The objective part means methods that are machine gradable with a scan-tron or gradable on by the instructor just scanning down a sheet (such as multiple choice, true/false), ordering items, and matching items.

·         The written part means a good, competent factual explanation of something in the history covered from Chapter 1 to Chapter 4.

All of the objective questions are done as sets:

·         The objective part consists of 4 different versions of the test that I hand out. The objective part consists of:

o   22 questions at 4 points each
with the first 4 pulled from

o   12 questions that are 1 point each and are pulled from these Instructor’s QuizzesIn other words, there are approximately100 questions in the test.

·         The written part is 1 question worth 40 points (20 for its content and 20 for whether you follow the 5 Good Habits for Evidence)—but there are multiple versions (estimated 16) of the written test that I hand out.

Information that students frequently want to know about the two parts of the tests

·         You have one hour for the two parts of the test.

·         The questions are meant to be ones that are useful understanding about history. They will not be trick questions.

 

Practical Issues About Content That Students Frequently Want To Know

Test questions for the Objective Exam will be from:

·         The Instructor’s quizzes – all 4 of them (3 with Chapter 1 and 1 with Chapter 2)

·         InQuizitive – but not in the exact words of the InQuizitive questions

·         The required primary sources

Tip:  The links used in class and available in Figuring It Out (Learning is More Than Memorizing) frequently cover facts worth being on the Objective part of the exam.

Information that students frequently want to know about writing an answer:

·         Typically, the best short questions ask you explain an event (or a region at a specific period of time), give specific examples, and explain its major traits.

·         You must be specific and answer the question asked and use evidence appropriate for the question asked.

·         You must only use facts that you learned from the textbook or sources in the course.

·         When writing an answer in class, you do not have to cite pages.
However, if I do not recognize the facts instantly and where they came from, I will record a temporary grade of 1.11 and you must cite each fact before I record the grade.

·         The best qualities for writing about history are that it follow5 Good Habits for Evidence.

·         The goal of writing is to help you learn history and the best way to learn history is to try to teach it in a common sense but truthful and brief way.
Think of it as teaching your smart cousin something he or she must learn quickly but well. He or she would not want a lot of words or a lot of fluff.

 

Tip: In class, I tell the students who are present the possible essay questions that the lecture and the students’ answers were meant to cover.

 

 

 

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