ambiguity, double questions, contradictions
in addition to the above in exam questions you can also 'purvey' blantant racism/sexism/classism/ageism e.g.
Compare the difference between the following:
"Discuss the problems caused by post-war immigration to the UK"
v
"Discuss the contribution made to British culture by immigrants from The Commonwealth after WW2"
These are based on real examples from Sociology exams in UK universities !!!
Others can be provided but I am on holiday at the moment and retired from Academia!
> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:24:46 +0000
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> Subject: Essay and exam questions
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> 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
