[zeugma]

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51 stated results
Average 85% (51.1)
Std Dev. 8% (4.9)

Not too shabby for a bunch of on-line nerds

 

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Problem is, if you scored a 20, would you post the results? Therefore, the averages are skewed.

I'd really like to see this administered fairly to all regular FRreepers and all regular DU'ers or Kosacs Unfortunately, there is really no way to do so.

 

[Enchante]

"I'd really like to see this administered fairly to all regular FRreepers and all regular DU'ers or Kosacs"

DUers and KOSfreaks would average maybe 20% but they'd manage to turn it into a series of rants against "cultural bias" of the test and "Bush's fault" diatribes about the educational system and "neocon conspiracies" to elevate teaching of boring facts over useful leftist propaganda.

There has been quite an onslaught against teaching key FACTS of history, geography, politics, and economics..... this soft-headed "progressive" attitude of making it all up as you go has been growing in power over the past 40+ years (actually it goes back to Dewey and his fellow self-styled "progressive" educators). I took one intro ed course as an undergrad, when I still thought it conceivable that I might want to teach history in a secondary school, and I'll never forget the prof's comment when she returned my "model lesson plan" for a final project in the course. Basically, we'd had to write up weekly lesson plans for a semester course in any subject. She liked my plan and gave it an 'A' but basically said (not quite so bluntly) that it would have to be "dumbed down" a lot before it could actually be used. That helped me decide not to pursue a h.s. teaching career!