Peter Levin's excellent little books on how to study are full of examples of the unprofessional performance of teachers. The one on essay writing analyses the problems for students of badly written questions.
George.
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Subject: Essay and exam questions
I am preparing a 1hr workshop which aims to give helpful hints and tips
to new academic lecturers about how to write good essay and exam
questions. I am looking for some examples of *poor* questions, that
might include, for example, ambiguity, double questions, contradictions,
etc. that I can use as (perhaps even amusing) examples of poor practice.
I would also be interested to hear any hints and tips that people
belonging to this network might want to convey if they were in my place.
Contributions would be very welcome.
Many thanks
Alison
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