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Re: Legos get you into college
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:17:16 GMT
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danl08@/StopSpam/aol.com
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In a message dated 2/2/00 4:14:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nospam-dcchen@pacbell.net-nospam writes:
> It is nice that universities are attempting to create opportunities by
> testing
> for non-traditional problem solving skills but...Fact is, in the real
> world
> and to excell in higher education, you have to have the skills that
> everyone
> else possesses. There IS a de facto standard language of information
> exchange,
> be it math, english, problem solving skills, formalized thinking, etc.
> You
> are NOT going to get into Harvard Law school for getting an "A" in
> Ebonics, but
> flunking Freshman English (that was a noble/PC experiment gone very
> bad).
IMHO
The skills you are refering to are NOT tested in any way on a standardized
test. As a matter of fact a big part of the problem with education has to do
with the amount of time students spend working on irrelevant skills. When
was the last time ANYONE had to take a standardized test as a part of your
job duties. The situation does just does not exist in the "real world". If
we are interested in replicating real world situations we should start by
eliminating standardized tests from schools.
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 | | Re: Legos get you into college (off topic)
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| We really should move this to off topic. (...) I agree, standardized tests are a poor indicator of actual "brainpower" at best. However, the system as it exists is based on them. It's kinda a compromise, but you have to perform well on them to be (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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