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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
Teaching to the test can be different from learning when the test aren't lined up well with what you are supposed to teach for any reason.
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Not to be outcome-oriented, but it seems like the very nature of the word 'test' means that the test determines "what you are supposed to teach" . . . however, I can agree that some tests are poorly designed.
This is inordinately vague, though - can I get a specific example?
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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
It can also happen when you are aware that for testing purposes, distinctions are made that most reasonable people wouldn't have emphasized, which at least in Georgia seems to happen a lot.
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Again, could I get an example? Basically, what you're saying here is that the response options are somehow poor choices to answer a given question? Or that the questions are phrased in a way that is not natural for examination of a given fact?