This is a sorta brain dump I'm having which I would like to share with students. We don't really get many students here. That doesn't mean we don't want students here. It's the nature of what Google and other search engines send our way.
During a recent discussion regarding answering student questions, one of the moderators had this to say:
1. Please think about the question you have and how to ask it.
2. Please remember that posting a 'Laundry List' will not get you many, if any, responses. One question per thread will get you answers.
3. Give us as much background information as you can.
A note on 'confusion': Don't hesitate to say "I was given this question and I can't get any more information from the professor and I'm not really sure what s/he is asking". I sure can't guarantee any of us will be able to read your professor's mind, but we might be able to shine some light around the edges and offer some potential interpretations.
During a recent discussion regarding answering student questions, one of the moderators had this to say:
I am posting this to help students ask questions here in a way which will get the most responses, and, more importantly, relevant responses.Moderator said:And it is valuable for students to realize that they need to think critically and post clear, concise, complete questions.
In one of the recent threads, the student got some confused responses because frankly his question was confusing -- "Evaluate proposals for the introduction of quality management for a given organization."
In his next post we learn that this is not really the question -- it is apparently part of the instructor's reason for failing the student. The actual question was "What key factors would be considered in introducing QM into an organisation?"
If the student had said
I had a assignment to answer "What key factors would be considered in introducing QM into an organisation?"
I wrote " xxxxx "
The instructor failed me -- he said " yyyyy "
Wow -- then we could have provided feedback. When you are asking for free advice, it is only courteous to first invest your own time to make life simple for those who might offer their advice. But when we have to keep asking for pieces of the puzzle, then it wears on the person trying to help.
1. Please think about the question you have and how to ask it.
2. Please remember that posting a 'Laundry List' will not get you many, if any, responses. One question per thread will get you answers.
3. Give us as much background information as you can.
A note on 'confusion': Don't hesitate to say "I was given this question and I can't get any more information from the professor and I'm not really sure what s/he is asking". I sure can't guarantee any of us will be able to read your professor's mind, but we might be able to shine some light around the edges and offer some potential interpretations.
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