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Topic Started: Mar 1 2013, 05:28 PM (124,622 Views)
Kaleb
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Zebrasorus is teh best evur11

Math exams usually aren't that bad, especially when they're multiple choice and you can just plug in the numbers instead of actually solving it.
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Nomis
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The only part of maths I like are complex numbers.
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Pull my finger!

I hate math, period xD
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Robbie
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●■♥WHY?♥■●

The only part of maths I like is when the bell rings and we have to go. :/
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Stephen
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Kaleb
Oct 26 2014, 01:33 PM
Math exams usually aren't that bad, especially when they're multiple choice and you can just plug in the numbers instead of actually solving it.
Why did we never have math tests like this :O Really, that'd be the easiest thing ever!
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That's how American tests are, it's why we have like the lowest education levels in the 1st world.
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I wish we had multiple choice questions.

I remember on my Maths GCSE I got two questions wrong for giving the right answer but not providing the correct method of working it out since I used a different method in my head.

Multiple choice Math exams sounds great
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@Kohana: Those tests do have correction for guessing, I hope? As in, if you choose the wrong answer, you get -1 instead of 0?

@Murdock: Oh god, that's me, every single mathematical question. When I was younger, we were having a test on the Pythagorean Theorem. Since I didn't study I had no clue. We had to calculate the diagonal side of a right triangle with a vertical/diagonal side of 10cm. I just drew the triangle and measured the diagonal side. Wasn't correct of course. Stoopid teacher.
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I remember a guy at school got in trouble for writing in the 'Explain how you worked this out' box he just wrote "With a calculator"

Seems perfectly legit to me, no one actually needs to do your out the ass mathematical methods to sort out math problems that have no application in the real world, and if for whatever reason you need the answer everyone has computers/the internet to answer it
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

most times they don't have a negative for false answers
IDK about the USA but here the staff are legally obligated to inform of what marking method will be used, so you know beforehand whether they remove points for false answers
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Kaleb
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I think it varies between schools. At my school they're always where you have to show your work and no multiple choice, but when we have finals or take the act/sat they make them multiple choice because grading thousands of papers by hand can be unreasonable. I think some of those tests are the kind that dock you more for getting it wrong then just not answering.
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Here in North Carolina, teachers couldn't give a zero on anything, even if nothing was turned in, it automatically became a 60, no clue why...
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Kaleb
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I think because schools get in trouble if their students aren't performing well causing them to fire teachers if their class averages are low. I'm just glad I'm in private school so I don't have to deal with all the crap that the American public school system has.
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It's all about funding, schools with low scores aren't going to get funding, and funding for schools in America is already absolutely awful.

So schools will fire teachers for getting low scores, and teachers are already paid pretty badly/often have to spend their own money on teaching equipment
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wow... that's rough. :<
In NZ we have national standards which you are supposed to meet, and then NCEA where you have t get 120 credits at level one (year 11). If you don't I think you have to redo the year, but no teachers get into trouble. At my school it's really supportive and every day we have 'mentoring' sessions to make sure students are on track...
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