Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
een tentamen maken (door de docent, niet de student!)
English translation:
to set an examination
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Yana Dovgopol
Jul 6, 2010 11:23
13 yrs ago
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Dutch term
Hannelore Wagemakers
een tentamen maken (door de docent, niet de student!)
Dutch to English
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Education / Pedagogy
I'm looking for the most common way to translate 'een tentamen maken'. I know that students sit/take/do an exam, but what verb should I use as a teacher who comes up with the exam questions? Is it to 'draw up' an exam, or 'to draft', or something else?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | to set an examination |
Textpertise
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| 3 +2 | develop an examination (prepare an exam) |
Frank van Thienen (X)
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| 4 | compile an exam |
Lianne van de Ven
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Proposed translations
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Textpertise
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Highest WWA rating in Europe for NL-EN
Native in: English 
Works in: Dutch to English, Hebrew to English
Related KudoZ points
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52
Selected
to set an examination
or a test.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Lianne van de Ven
United States
United States
Native in Dutch
United States
Experienced, reliable, detail-oriented
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
Related KudoZ points
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52
compile an exam
An option. More informal: put together. US eng.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: compile isn't particularly US Eng, it isn't particularly informal. What does it mean?
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develop an examination (prepare an exam)
from: the American Psychological Association (APA), Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education
Example sentence:
The Code is directed primarily at professionally developed tests used in formally administered testing programs.
Although the Code is not intended to cover tests prepared by teachers for use in their own classrooms, teachers are encouraged to use the guidelines to help improve their testing practices.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Oliver Pekelharing
: Prepare an exam is what I'd use.
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thank you, Olly. Yes, in fact I'd prefer prepare over develop.
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| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
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thanks Tina!
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Reference comments
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Reference:
College Learning: WAYS & WHYS. PREPARING FOR EXAMS
Experienced teachers write exams at the level that is appropriate for a given class based on knowledge of what the students in previous classes have done. ...
www.unm.edu/~quadl/college.../preparing_exams.html
Experienced teachers write exams at the level that is appropriate for a given class based on knowledge of what the students in previous classes have done. ...
www.unm.edu/~quadl/college.../preparing_exams.html
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