Make your own exam questions

As a way for you to review the first half of the course, I propose that you try to make your own exam questions. This would work as follows:

• You read through some of the exams from previous years to get an idea of what exam questions look like.
• You review what we have learned in so far.
• You try to formulate exam questions that test the most important aspects of the course.

If you hand in your questions to me, either in person or by email before Easter, I will look through them and tell you if I think they are of an appropriate level. If you permit it, I will post your questions online (possibly anonymously) for the benefit of your fellow students. I might also go through some of your questions at one of the lectures.

Doing this is entirely voluntary. However, I think it will help you greatly: It will make you review and reflect upon what we have learned thus far. Trying to think of problems that test if one understands the MCT, for instance, will deepen your understanding of the MCT and the types of things you can prove with it. Also, you will provide each other with more practice problems before the exam.

It will probably be wise to work in pairs or small groups when trying to design problems.