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Originally posted by hoosier
How can you prepare kids to pass a math (or English or Science) test without teaching them math (or English or Science)?
To pass the test, you pretty much have to know the minimum.
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The teachers spend the time teachings students how to take the test. It's like when you take the SAT prep courses. You learn how to take the test rather than learn all the vocab/math that is associated with it. The students learn all the 'tricks' of passing the exam without ever learning the concepts behind it (i.e.- they learn how to finish the geometry section of the exam by learning process of elimination and other tricks but never really learn the real concept behind the question on the exam). By teaching students how to take a test rather than giving them a real education, you end up with one-track robots who are programmed to pass a test but not much else.
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