Objective Tests Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/objective-tests/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:42:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Objective Tests Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/objective-tests/ 32 32 A Teaching Moment Missed, Part II https://mind-at-work.com/teaching-moment-missed-part-ii/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:42:38 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2467 Part I told the (true) story of Daniel, a high school junior whose correct answer to a test question was marked wrong and whose teacher refused to consider his explanation of the thought process that led to his answer. The teacher thus missed an opportunity to teach her class a valuable lesson about critical thinking. [...]

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]]> A Teaching Moment Missed, Part I https://mind-at-work.com/a-teaching-moment-missed-part-i/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:37:15 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2453 Daniel is an 11th grade student who takes Advanced Placement courses in history, physics, English, calculus, and social studies and earns almost perfect grades. If he gets a single question wrong on a test, he is eager to learn where he went wrong so he can avoid similar errors in the future. On a recent [...]

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