1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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| 1. Read the question completely when answering a multiple-choice question - before reading the answer options. | 2. For a multiple choice question, cross out or eliminate answer options when you know it is not the correct answer. | 3. For a multiple choice question, if two or more answer options are correct, it is likely that the answer is "all of the above". | 4. For a multiple choice question, the correct answer option often contains the most information. | 5. In a true/false questions, the presence of the words/qualifiers - "always", "never", or "every" usually indicates the answer is “false”. | 6. The three types of essays often written in Language Arts class and on English ISTEP are: expository, narrative, and persuasive. | 7. Only one of your main ideas should be discussed in one paragraph when writing an essay. | 8. The ISTEP essay test has a pre-writing planning space designed for outlining that is not graded. | 9. Read test directions carefully and thoroughly. If the test includes multiple section, be sure to read each set of directions. | 10. Read each question carefully to determine its meaning. Make sure you know what the question is asking before you begin to answer. | 11. Anticipate the answer before looking at the choices. If your answer is one of the choices, it is probably correct. | 12. Be sure to read through all the answer choices before marking one as correct. | 13. Look for synonyms in the answer choices that match words or phrases in the question. Most likely, the correct answer will include similar words. | 14. Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. | 15. Analyze the meaning of unknown words by dividing them into prefix, root, and suffix and trying to define each part. | 16. Eliminate answers that don’t make sense. Try to narrow the choices down to two when you are unsure of the correct answer. | 17. Circle questions you don’t know and go back later. Sometimes a clue will be found in another test question. | 18. Guess intelligently by looking for opposite answers, one of which can be eliminated. | 19. When reading passages are involved, read the questions first to determine what you are looking for as you read the selection. | 20. For math problems, use scratch paper and double check to make sure you have copied the problem correctly. Line up place values nearly to avoid careless mistakes. | 21. Pace yourself to leave time for review at the end of the test. Don’t spend too much time on difficult questions. Go back to questions you skipped after you have finished. | 22. Try to answer every question on the test. Change answers only when you were very unsure of your original choice. |
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