COMMON STEPS TAKEN TO ANSWER SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
STEPS FOR ANSWERING INFERRING QUESTIONS
1) Find evidence from source.
Your evidence must be relevant to the topic required by the question.
2) Make conclusion based on the evidence you identified.
Your conclusion must be based on the evidence that you identified. Hence this conclusion should be relevant to the topic of the question.
3) Explain your conclusion with relevance to the question.
This explanation will link your conclusion to the question. Hence when you explain your conclusion, you are basically addressing the question.
STEPS FOR ANSWERING 'HOW USEFUL' QUESTIONS
This type of questions require you to assess the usefulness of the SOURCE given. That is, you are required to show the strengths and limitations of the SOURCE.
Simply put, does the source help you in your understanding of the topic. If it does, its useful. If it does not, it is therefore lacking in information which you can perhaps find in other sources like your textbook.
1) Identify the topic of the question.
Ensure that you know what is the key point required by the question.
2) Do a word splash once the topic is identified.
Write down in point form all the points that are relevant to the topic. These points are basically facts that were delivered in class and those that you have revised.
3) Locate the points (identified in word splash) from the source.
Try to link these points in the word splash to the source. That is, match word splash with source.
4) Assess the strengths and limitations of source.
If you are able to find points from the word splash in the source, it means that the source has provided you with information pertaining to the topic of the question. Hence the source is useful.
However, if you cannot find points from word splash in the source, it means that the source is lacking in those information. Hence the source is not useful.
STEPS FOR ANSWERING COMPARISON QUESTIONS
Basically this type of questions requires you to look for similarities and differences in how the source present the points to you. So you should be on the lookout for similarities and differences in contents, that is, do they show the same facts or different facts.
You should also be on the lookout for similarities and differences in terms of presentation. That is, a map or picture will be very different in the way the points are presented to you as compared to an article.
1) Identify the topic of the question.
Ensure that you know what is the key point required by the question.
2) Do a word splash once the topic is identified.
Write down in point form all the points that are relevant to the topic. These points are basically facts that were delivered in class and those that you have revised.
3) Locate the points (identified in word splash) from the sources.
Try to link these points in the word splash to the sources. That is, match word splash with sources.
4) Assess the similarities and differences of the Sources.
If you are able to find points from the word splash in BOTH sources, it means that the sources are similar. Once you identify that the points are similar, GIVE evidence from both sources to show their similarities.
However, if you cannot find points from word splash in ONE source but is able to do so in the other, it means that the sources are difference. Once you identify that the sources are different, GIVE evidence from both soures to show their differences.
1) Find evidence from source.
Your evidence must be relevant to the topic required by the question.
2) Make conclusion based on the evidence you identified.
Your conclusion must be based on the evidence that you identified. Hence this conclusion should be relevant to the topic of the question.
3) Explain your conclusion with relevance to the question.
This explanation will link your conclusion to the question. Hence when you explain your conclusion, you are basically addressing the question.
STEPS FOR ANSWERING 'HOW USEFUL' QUESTIONS
This type of questions require you to assess the usefulness of the SOURCE given. That is, you are required to show the strengths and limitations of the SOURCE.
Simply put, does the source help you in your understanding of the topic. If it does, its useful. If it does not, it is therefore lacking in information which you can perhaps find in other sources like your textbook.
1) Identify the topic of the question.
Ensure that you know what is the key point required by the question.
2) Do a word splash once the topic is identified.
Write down in point form all the points that are relevant to the topic. These points are basically facts that were delivered in class and those that you have revised.
3) Locate the points (identified in word splash) from the source.
Try to link these points in the word splash to the source. That is, match word splash with source.
4) Assess the strengths and limitations of source.
If you are able to find points from the word splash in the source, it means that the source has provided you with information pertaining to the topic of the question. Hence the source is useful.
However, if you cannot find points from word splash in the source, it means that the source is lacking in those information. Hence the source is not useful.
STEPS FOR ANSWERING COMPARISON QUESTIONS
Basically this type of questions requires you to look for similarities and differences in how the source present the points to you. So you should be on the lookout for similarities and differences in contents, that is, do they show the same facts or different facts.
You should also be on the lookout for similarities and differences in terms of presentation. That is, a map or picture will be very different in the way the points are presented to you as compared to an article.
1) Identify the topic of the question.
Ensure that you know what is the key point required by the question.
2) Do a word splash once the topic is identified.
Write down in point form all the points that are relevant to the topic. These points are basically facts that were delivered in class and those that you have revised.
3) Locate the points (identified in word splash) from the sources.
Try to link these points in the word splash to the sources. That is, match word splash with sources.
4) Assess the similarities and differences of the Sources.
If you are able to find points from the word splash in BOTH sources, it means that the sources are similar. Once you identify that the points are similar, GIVE evidence from both sources to show their similarities.
However, if you cannot find points from word splash in ONE source but is able to do so in the other, it means that the sources are difference. Once you identify that the sources are different, GIVE evidence from both soures to show their differences.
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