Designing Exam Questions and Marking Schemes

Those of you who know me will know that I am very critical of traditional time-constrained (hand)-written exams for all sorts of reasons. However, many people still need to write exam questions and marking schemes, and the download here may be helpful to them. (This is adapted from the 3rd edition (2007) of ‘The Lecturer’s Toolkit’ [London: Routledge] and I am working up the ideas for the forthcoming 4th edition – do email me with suggestions for improving this topic.  Restored link: Swansea-2014-w.pptx (330 downloads)