On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:09:46 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Feb 11, 10:03*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:06:02 -0500, John H.

wrote:
Yes, there are many 'tricks' to taking a multiple choice test, just as
there are many 'tricks' to the design of detractors and solutions to the
questions on the test. Students should have a general understanding of how
to take a multiple choice test, how to figure the odds, and when to guess
and not guess. Teaching that is *not* 'teaching THE test', but teaching
'test taking'.

You still aren't getting the idea.

It much more than teaching the mechanics.

For example, let's say I want to take the Private Pilot's Examination
without having to actually take a class.

All I have to do is go here.

http://www.faa.gov/education_researc...st_questions/m...

That is the question pool for the examination.

Same concept applies to the CT Mastery Test - all the questions that
can be potentially asked are there. *If you teach to the pool
questions, that is teaching the test.

There is no other way to describe it.

So, if they are teaching the pool, the kids are learning the pool,
thus, the kids are learning, the teachers have to teach them
something.. What's wrong with math, ss, science, etc, questions??

Good, someone who gets it.
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John H