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Maybe we should come up with a new testing model then. As it stand the current model is akin to a game show like Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
by alanwatts 11y ago
Maybe we should come up with a new testing model then. As it stand the current model is akin to a game show like Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
- ikeboy 11y agoIt correlates pretty well to intelligence. What specifically do you object to? Just the multiple choice nature of answers? http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/04/what_do_sat_and_iq_tests_measure_general_intelligence_predicts_school_and.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201...
- alanwatts 11y ago"Never memorize something that you can look up." Intelligence is dynamic and amorphous and is not something that can be measured on a single linear scale. My biggest objection to the current paper-and-and-pencil-and-no-technology test taking model is the inherent Luddism which stresses an obsolete method of learning.
- ikeboy 11y agoHave you taken the SAT? Your description is inaccurate. You can use calculators on the test, and most questions are analytic, not the kind you can look up. What evidence do you have for your claim about intelligence?
- alanwatts 11y agoThe calculators you are forced to use were invented decades ago. The students possess a calculator that is billions of times more powerful in their pockets but are not allowed to use them. That is Luddism. Edit: correction: the TI-82 has a 6MHz processor where as an iPhone has a 1.4 GHz processor
- ikeboy 11y agoWhat exactly do you want them to use a stronger calculator for? Also, you're wrong about the billions of times faster. Look up the numbers.
- laotzu 11y agoWhy should students be forced to use such outdated technology? If we are trying to teach students how to work in the real world, shouldn't we let them use computers that they would be using in the real world as opposed to obsolete computers that were made before they were born?
- ikeboy 11y agoThe reason they only allow calculators is to avoid cheating. The kinds of problems given don't depend on complicated calculations. >If we are trying to teach students how to work in the real world The SAT is not about assessing knowledge. It's supposed to be an aptitude test.
- alanwatts 11y ago>The reason they only allow calculators is to avoid cheating. Ah this appears to be the root of the problem I was looking for, the game rules. The question begs: what would we rather have our children have aptitude in, closed and isolated paper-and-pencil exams using obsolete technology, or open and collaborative problem solving using modern technology?
- superuser2 11y agoSAT/ACT are specifically meant to test intellectual aptitude; recall (aside from some probability formulas) doesn't really appear.