Post II-3 Understanding and answering questions in curiculum courses

Post II-3: Understanding and Answering Questions in Curriculum Courses.

By

Prof. J. Pendaeli

Revised Feb 2013

I: Summary

Experience has shown that, on the whole, studying by distance or on line is more difficult than studying by the standard or conventional face-to-face method in campus-based institutions. One implication of this is that the distance education student needs more help than the non-distance education student; this is the main concern of the 4SDEP program —to provide that extra help which the on line or distance education student needs in order to perform well in his/her courses.

This program does not attempt to address all study needs and problems of students, rather it focuses on and attempts to address only a selection of them

Post II-1: Questions asked in curriulum courses

 Post II-1: Questions Asked

In Curriculum Courses 
(Part 1)

by 

J.Pendaeli

Revised Jan 2012)

Summary.

We first ask why teachers ask questions in assignments, tests and examinations. They ask questions in order to find out the extent to which students have achieved the intended learning targets/objectives of instruction or exposure to study materials. We ask this question at his point because far too often teachers forget to match the questions they ask to the learning targets/objectives of their instruction. Lets look at a selection of questions and how best to handle them.

Post II-2: Past exam questions: Their use for study and revision purposes

Post II-2: Past Exam Questions: Their Use for Study and Revision Purposes.

By

 J.Pendaeli

Revised July 2011

Summary

The author’s intention in this post is to strengthen the students’ knowledge base in questions asked in examinations in general so that students are better prepared to figure out the examiner’s expectations in a given question. The first part of this exercise looks at the basics of examinations.

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