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09:10 Mar 5, 2010
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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / formulating exam questions
English term or phrase: derive examination questions
This syllabus forms the basis for the XXXX qualification at XXX level and is intended for:

• Exam boards, to derive examination questions in their relevant language adapted to the learning objectives as listed below.
• Training providers, to produce courseware and determine appropriate teaching methods.
• Certification candidates...


This is from a text I am proofreadng. It is written in generally good English by a non-native, but there are one or two places where the Danish sentence structure clearly shows.

In other places the slightly odd formulations are carefully included from the jargon used in the subject matter, so even if they grate on my ear, they have to be left as they are, because that is how the global community expresses itself.

There is a lot of material on the Internet in many varieties of English, ranging from clear and lucid to plain awful...

My text is aimed at a European target group with US experience. We are writing organisation, analyse etc. and running the UK spellcheck because that is what the client and I use as default.

Within that register, I would definintely say set exam(ination) questions. But could there be some good reason for using derive instead?

Sorry if it is a stupid question, but I have no source text to refer back to, and after a tough week on several fronts I simply cannot decide! Thanks for any advice!
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 21:56


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Alexandra Taggart


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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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Explanation:
I don't know what made you baulk. That is concise "Creating questions by deriving the core meaning from the supplied information (examination text) and making a question out of it."

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Note added at 11 hrs (2010-03-05 20:30:23 GMT)
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setting questions - is laying out the questions, the next step

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

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