Writing Referral Exam Questions

Unfortunately not all students pass the exam, and this is their second chance. History suggests that some will work very hard and do well, and some will (despite hard work in some cases) not. In many ways this is quite a difficult part of being an academic - assessment.

The first batch of real exam marking this year

I have several thoughts for essential exam marking equipment:

1. A stamp with a large red `?'
2. Calming tablets

You need 1 when a student does a brain dump or creates an unconnected string of words. You need 2 when your paranoia increases as a student returns an answer that matches your perfect one. Luckily either extreme is rare, however they typically dominate the whole script.