Figured you guys would find this very helpful. Enjoy.(Sorry about the ad that appears before the video)
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 10:19 PM
Friday, November 05, 2010
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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10 Comments:
I think the College Board was just trying to save face there at the end of the report because if you write more, I think the scorers of the SAT will automatically give you either A. The benefit of the doubt in your arguments even if they aren't that good or B. A higher score because it shows that the student has the capacity to write more than others. However if the content is less than desirable, I could see the test score being lower as opposed to the shorter, more concise essay.
5:47 PM
Do you think the SAT actually measures one's intellectual ability or merely test taking skills?
7:48 PM
I think the SAT aims to measure one's intellectual ability, but there are faults in the test which causes it to be more of a measure of test taking skill:
The fact that the test is timed makes students have to pace themselves and skip over answers they are unsure of...
10:36 PM
If the SAT was more about measuring intellectual ability, the essay score wouldn't be based to much on length. If you have a long essay with poor arguments and average writing skills it definitely should not score higher or even the same as a shorter essay that gets to the point and is well written..
10:11 AM
i can see where brett is going with this being a measure of test taking skill rather than intelligence because the way i was taught to write an SAT essay is completely based on time, and getting through the essay rather than the content.
its already super hard to write a full 5 paragraph essay in 25 minutes so i guess as long as you finish the 5 paragraphs your score would be somewhat higher.
regardless, i really hope this isnt true because i just took the SAT on saturday...and my essay wasnt that long.
11:47 AM
And you call US nerds...
1:31 PM
Hey, thanks to the geek in the video you know how to pad your score on the SAT!
2:33 PM
i think that for people who can test well it's a fine measure of intellect (as long as the questions are relevant to what they've been learning in school), but for a lot of people they get anxious or something and the estimation of their intellect becomes lower than the reality. I think that overall it an be n ok tool to use when your trying to figure out someones intelligence, but don't depend on it. (I hope that even made sense....)
11:04 PM
I agree with Ivan all the way. i think they want to save face because they were just told by a 14 yr old. How embarrassing.
7:22 PM
The fact that the SAT is timed proves that it is a measure of test taking skills rather than intellects. UNFAIR!
8:17 PM
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