How to turn your notes into an effective study guide. Understanding and creating three different type of test questions.

1. Creating your Own
Study Guide
I can organize my notes into an effective
study guide.

2. Why Create Your Own?
O The idea behind creating your own study
guide is to turn your notes into possible
test questions.

3. 3 Types of Questions
O Mirror
O Summary
O Higher Order

4. Mirror
O Reflect info directly from
notes/textbook
O Answers the Who? What? When?
Where?
O Ex: Who was Petrarch?
O Most test questions are mirror
questions.

5. Summary
O Sum up main ideas, key info from notes or
textbook
O describe, compare, what is the difference of...,
explain
O Ex: Explain the lasting effect of the 30 years
War?

6. Higher Order
O Goes beyond specific information given.
O apply, why, how does it effect, how does it relate
to...
Ex: How did John Calvin apply Christian
Humanism to his beliefs?

7. Your Turn…
O Using your notes and/or text book…
O 5 Mirror Questions
O 2 Summary Questions
O 1 Higher Order Question

8. Extra Points?
O You will receive extra points for each
additional question to create.
O Mirror= 1pt
O Summary= 2pts
O Higher Order = 3pts