What do you think of the practice of handing out study questions? (I teach theology at a small liberal arts college). I think that it is garbage, but endemic, which puts me in a quandary.
(My undergrad was at Cornell in Econ with a focus on Economic History-—I don’t recall ever receiving study questions).
I do remember college professors who would stop the lecture for a few seconds and then say “this is important” and then resume the lecture.
That was a “clue” that at some point there would be an exam question on that point.
Of course that only helped if you attended class and managed to stay awake during class.
;-)
My Ph.D. is in Economic History (Cliometrics). If you want to know anything about the internal rate of return on Parliamentary Land Enclosures in 18th Century England, I’m your man!
I do not believe in study questions. The frat/sorority houses will already have a file on you...they don’t need any more help. I believe any crutch offered to a student is almost always unnecessary.