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I find it hard to believe that the author had trouble with the question. The answer is provided perfectly in the supplied text. If I say that dogs bark when th
by grannyg00se 14y ago
I find it hard to believe that the author had trouble with the question. The answer is provided perfectly in the supplied text. If I say that dogs bark when they are cold and then ask a five year old why dogs bark I think I'd be pretty disappointed if they couldn't regurgitate what I just said. Is it so different when written rather than spoken? Can we really be sure that this is a reading comprehension problem as opposed to a basic reading and language problem? I'd like to see if the students who got it wrong could even read the full text. If they can't read it then it is nothing to do with comprehension. They just can't read.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoIt's the way we're killing thinking in children. If I say that dogs bark when they're cold and then ask a five year old why dogs bark, I'd expect something like, "when they're cold! and when they're angry! and when Amy [sister of this 5yo] steps on his tail, hahaha". Or whatever. Reality is not bound by what someone written or said few moments ago. If you want to test reading comprehension, you have to control for prior experience in the subject which might be (and probably often is) greater than test author's.