No wrong answers ???

[Ol Smoke]

Today a committee started taking comments on creating a SAT test that has no wrong answers. 

 

These must be the same people who give out little trophies to all the kids and say they all won.  That there are no losers in sports.

 

So if there are no wrong answers:  then why take the F_____ING test!!!

[Chameleon]

Yeah this seems crazy to be honest.. And yes I hate the whole "there are no losers" thing also.. Losing and/or failing is a part of life.. There is no way to learn a lesson, if no matter the answer you give is correct.. I think it is a terrible thing to teach, what happens to these kids when they grow up and get face to face with real life.. Just another step in wussifing this generation..

[ronaldounit0]

It could be a test with questions like:

What are some key elements to writing a good essay? (sorry, couldn't think of a good example)

 

A student could then go on to describe flow, paragraph structure, word choice, etc. If the question were worth 20 points, he/she could potentially get a 20. Answers that aren't as good will get them a 15 or a 10 and so on. 

 

I truly doubt it means that if a students answers with "Oranges", the grade will be 100%

 

Despite this, it's hard to grade everybody evenly and fairly without some standard of what is "right", so I agree, it's not the best idea! 

[MaKy]

When I was in school and we had sports days you would do an event and either get a ribbon for 1st, 2nd or 3rd and that was it. Now they just give every kid a little medal. How can you aspire to anything if it's given to you on a silver platter. Ah this world sometimes....

[D..X]

todays generations all aout not hurting little jhonnys feelings and thats not a good thing

i have kids and man i teach them you win some you lose some thats life

and that alot lot of life lessons will be learned on the losing end of thing this is how we learn...

[EmtHipple]

I don't see a problem with including some critical thinking problems. But not the whole test. Open end questions are a good way to gauge the effectiveness of the education system and to get a feel for what the students are retaining, also shows the ability to use reason and think about the issue just not core memorization. Having people memorize dates and other data does not teach them to think, but rather uses them like external HDD .

 

It may seem strange but seemingly simple questions can reveal a lot about how your mind works:

 

What is freedom?

 

Why is a ball round?

 

The meaning of life is?

 

and so on. At least it makes sense to me. I could just be the oddball that's brain is miss wired and thinks in weird places 

[SkuLLc0LLector]

The meaning of Life is to find out for yourself..

[Jhonny/Shinobi]

The meaning of Life is to find out for yourself..

Reminds me about:

 

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Midnight]

Honestly the SAT was not a hard test. Every test is designed to have the answer hidden within the question.  But I agree with Hipple, open-ended questions are a better gauge for what reality will throw at these kids. If you are not taught to question everything, then what worth are you to live.  But kids are failing the SAT because teachers teach the test and kids frankly are bored with the traditional education system. Teachers fear teaching in unorthodox manners because of the backlash they may receive, regardless of the learning potential initiated by it. Thus teachers value their image and standing then the education of the youth. But then again the youth need to be engaged. I have not sympathy for those who chose not to learn, who value answers handed to them instead of using critical thinking. Nor do I sympathize with those who fear stepping outside of societal norms. 

 

Also my father always told me that the meaning of life was "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in a pot nine days old. Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in a pot nine days old."