How have your views on writing questions changed?

After our class discussion, my views on writing adequate questions has changed. I have realized that questions need to be incredibly clear so that students know what is expected of them. If a question is too broad such as "What is an ecosystem?" the student may not know where to start when writing their answer. Had this been a question for an essay project and the parameters allowed the students to turn in a three or four page paper on this topic, this would have allowed the students enough writing space. Though, for a short response question, students would not know what topics within an ecosystem to touch on. To make this question adequate for a short answer question I would narrow down the question. Asking, "What kind of animals are in this ecosystem?" or even "What are some of the different factors that make up an ecosystem?", would be more applicable to a short answer question.

We also discovered within our group that sometimes diction can make all the difference between a good and bad question. Some of the questions we analyzed as a group had good intentions but were not quite up to par. Adding a few words for clarification or changing a couple words, morphed a so-so question in a a great question.