Write questions on the material. Try to stump yourself. Try to stump your friends. Hold competitions with other students. Don’t write cheap, banal questions, but probing questions that will help you (and your friends) learn. ADDED BONUS: Turn in to me the questions you have written. If you do this at least 2-4 days before the test, and if I like the question (I like the probing, thoughtful questions – not definitions), and if it is unique, I will put it on the test. You will be rewarded in two ways: (a) you’ll know a question on the test, and (b) ten points of extra credit. Again, if you write dozens of simple questions, you’ll probably never get extra credit, but if you put thought into them you’ll make an A all the easier to obtain. There are specific requirements to get extra credit. They are:
- You must write five and only five questions.
- None of the questions can count as more than one question.
- They should not be duplicates of previous test questions. They should not be slight variations either. The only real exception is questions that ask for something to be calculated. There isn’t much unique here. But examples should be new with completely new variables and new data.
- They should be as unique as possible. If I sense that you got your inspiration from a previous test or from a question on-line, you will receive no points. I strongly suggest writing the questions BEFORE you have looked at a practice test. This will also prove most helpful to you.
- You must answer the question.
- It must be typed (at least the words need to be typed).
- You need to attach the extra credit in an e-mail sent to me at least two days before the test. It cannot be a photo of a hand-written page. It should ideally be a word processor document, not a pdf.
- You are in a competition with your other students. Only the best questions will receive extra credit. There is no guarantee that you will receive points.
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