Category Archives: Examinations

Avoiding Negative issue spotting and “bad-smelling” counterarguments

Negative issue spotting: Big NIS: Discussing issues or parties falling outside of the call of the question NIS Lite: Discussing tangential issues that, although technically falling within the call of the question, are nonetheless frivolous and squander the student’s exam-writing time. Example: call of question is PJ over Bob. Outside call of question: Student analyzes […]

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