Due: in class on February 28, 2008
1. Write 10 mulitple choice questions on the material covered since Exam 1.
Rate your questions in terms of difficulty: 1 = easy (vast majority of the
class should get the correct answer). 2 = average (roughly half of the class
should get the correct answer). 3 = hard (the upper 25 % should get the
correct answer). 4 = difficult (only the upper 10 % should get the correct
answer).
2. Why did you rate the difficulty of the questions as you did in question 1.
That is, what makes a question difficult in your mind?
What makes a question easy?
3. Try your questions on some friedns (with knowledge of astronomy).
Were your expectations met (in
terms of the difficulty you assigned to each question)?