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[0] https://slate.com/human-interest/2011/11/bumbershoot-it-mean... "the digital archive of the Times of London, comprising 7,696,959 articles published between 1785 and 1985, yields precisely zero hits for bumbershoot"
Would other people define "complacent" as "Smug satisfaction with oneself"? I'm not so sure. Regardless, this was fun.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> what high schooler doesn't learn about kinetic energy? 95% of Americans.
Sick burn bro. I can assure you that just about every American that has made it through middle school has been taught about kinetic energy. Let alone high school.
Have they retained that knowledge beyond the test at the end of the semester?
Anecdotal observations would imply that they have indeed been taught it, and indeed have failed to retain the concept.
I have no rigorous data regarding either; but the generally poor outcomes which appear as result of a lack of retention of scientific, math, socio-economic, and anthropological instruction do seem self evident both from within and outside of the US, in headlines and actions, writ large and for all to see.
Is the problem the use of teaching methods which focus on short-term memorization rather than conceptual comprehension? Is it the lack of support for instructors? Is it a lack of focus in the student body? Is it some or all of the above in varying degree? Or something else entirely?
This approach could also work for getting more accurate results:
1. Show word without any definitions
2. User clicks "I know" or "I don't know"
3. If user clicked "I know", show actual definition of word
4. User selects "I was correct" or "I was not correct"
Improve the wrong answers to be closer to the correct answer, to test the subject’s mastery.
Anyone who has practiced standardized tests would do well on this, even with poor vocab.
Also, too many Britishisms
I ran through it twice, first time 91 second time 90, score: 69,500. Midwit confirmed.
I fumbled the Advanced at 14/20, but got 17/20 on each of the last 2 sections.
I ran through it twice, first time 91 second time 90, score: 69,500. Midwit confirmed.
Weird. I got 87/100 and my score was 71,900. I fumbled the Advanced at 14/20, but got 17/20 on each of the last 2 sections.
No cheating, only one or two guesses both rounds in the final section. No idea how the scoring works.