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That only makes sense if you assume the purpose of the test is to correctly apply logic rather than guess the actual number of Elephants in Germany. Someone who
by kar5pt 3y ago
That only makes sense if you assume the purpose of the test is to correctly apply logic rather than guess the actual number of Elephants in Germany. Someone who's not familiar with standardized testing may assume the latter is more important.
- emodendroket 3y agoThe answer to that question is already given.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoAnd yet, you yourself likely don't believe that, right? You know with high likelihood that elephants exist somewhere in Germany. Yet you are still willing to repeat what you know is probably a lie - there are 0 elephants in Munich. Because, of course, you know you're taking a test and they expect on tests that the problem statement is symbolic, just there to pose a logic puzzle. That's the idea we're talking about here. For your convenience: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elephants+in+germany&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elephants+in+germany&t=h_&iax=imag...
- emodendroket 3y agoIn the math problems they give to children there’s probably no Juanita with five apples either but children seem to be able to work with that premise.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoThat's another good example. Until you tell them the test isn't about real people, they can easily construct narratives where the answer is different than the 'right' one. Maybe they know a Juanita with an apple tree, that will let you pick your own. Maybe they always cut up apples at home so everybody gets half an apple, and the rest are put in the fridge for later. And so on. Thanks for illustrating the problem so neatly!