Students writing STACK questions: e-assessment as the focus of a final-year project

Abstract The use of e-assessment to assess students is increasingly widespread in UK Higher Education. However, it is less common to see students writing the questions themselves. As part of their final-year dissertations, we taught students to write STACK questions and asked them to develop an e-assessment for one of their other mathematical modules. The students learned about the pedagogical theory behind different elements of assessment design, as well as the technical considerations necessary to write good questions; they also became more effective learners and gained new insight into their other modules.