Very nicely played. Testing kids (using machine-gradable questions) teaches them to choose from a limited set of possibilities, quickly and with a feel for “socially” correct answers. On the other hand, well educated kids (and other people) learn to cope with open ended questions that have complex answers that may not even be measurably better than some other complex answer. And the best of them learn / grow to be the ones who ASK great questions.
I do despair for our current crop of kids. And hope they can overcome the handicaps we keep giving them.
Very nicely played. Testing kids (using machine-gradable questions) teaches them to choose from a limited set of possibilities, quickly and with a feel for “socially” correct answers. On the other hand, well educated kids (and other people) learn to cope with open ended questions that have complex answers that may not even be measurably better than some other complex answer. And the best of them learn / grow to be the ones who ASK great questions.
I do despair for our current crop of kids. And hope they can overcome the handicaps we keep giving them.