Wednesday 12 October 2011

Technique of the Week - Mini-Question Quiz

The Mini-Question Quiz is based around breaking down the information you need to know into the smallest possible questions which can be answered in a few words. This is great for exams where you have to know loads of facts.

The best way to do this is for each question you could be asked.

For example, for the question:
"Outline the Role of a Jury in a Criminal Trial - 10 marks"

We can break this question down into at least 7 mini-questions and if you include the answers to all of them in your exam answer, you'll get 100%.


* When and where is a Jury used?
* What is the job of the Judge in relation to the Jury?

* What does a Jury decide?
* How does the Jury decide, does everyone have to agree?
* How do the Jury come to their decision? What and who do they listen to?
Once the trial has finished explain what happens. (Where do the Jury go to make their verdict? What can they take with them?)
Once the Jury have reached their verdict, what happens?

These questions are not only testing your knowledge, they are giving you clues as to what information to include. Also, the process of having to break down lots of information into mini-questions helps to make it clear and memorable to you.

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