Write questions that test source evaluation

A source-based question set with an evidence-span key and defensible-answer notes.

Choose one of three approaches. The steps for that option appear below.

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Gemini Notebook: drafts the table, then the questions

Gemini Notebook drafts a claim-evidence table, then the question set. You correct the table in between.

  1. You

    Get ready

  2. Gemini Notebook

    Draft the table

  3. You

    Correct the table

  4. Gemini Notebook

    Draft the questions

  5. You

    Check and decide

  1. Have ready: excerpt, outcome, context

    Use: You

    The authorised history excerpt, the course outcome and the permitted contextual knowledge. Keep originals unchanged.

    Check

    Check you may use each file. This guide does not confirm upload is allowed; check your organisation's rules.

  2. Draft the claim-evidence table

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    Add the checked inputs and ask for a claim-evidence table with context and limits, unsupported items marked unresolved.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Using only the added inputs, produce a Claim-evidence table with context and limits. Give one row per item with its source location. If the inputs do not support a row, write UNRESOLVED. Do not add outside facts.

  3. Correct the table row by row

    Use: You

    Correct the draft table row by row and keep unresolved items in place.

    Check

    Compare every draft table row with the original. Check historical context and permitted source use.

  4. Draft the question set and key

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    Give it the corrected table. Ask for source-based questions with an evidence-span key and defensible-answer notes.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Using only the corrected table, draft the source-based question set with evidence-span key and defensible-answer notes. Mark anything the table does not support as UNRESOLVED.

  5. Check the questions against the inputs

    Use: You

    Check the question set against the original inputs and decide what to keep.

    Check

    Check answers do not secretly need omitted or untaught context. Decide what to keep.

Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.

Tools in this workflow

Final check

Every stage output is checked by the named person before the next stage.

Unresolved items stay visible and are not filled in by the tool.

Only the supplied sources are used as authority.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • Which context the course permits beyond the excerpt is for the subject teacher to confirm.

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