Difficult questions vs cryptic questions
This is something that has been made apparent to me from my students, my own experiences of taking A level physics exams and from talking with the awesome Ana from Hi-Juice. First, I will define what I mean by a difficult question and a cryptic question. A difficult question requires a good understanding of a difficult concept to complete. In terms of science, this would probably require complicated maths or a concept that requires knowledge of other concepts to understand. A