/eyeroll at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/07/no-youre-probably-not-smarter-than-a-1912-era-8th-grader/ … Look. Geography functioned as a way to fill classroom space. Most of its content was valueless.
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@St_Rev@ozymandias314 Biggest problem w this is there is no way to tell how specific or general instruction was.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@ozymandias314 For example did students know a lot of history or is the sample of topics on the test more or less all they learned?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@ozymandias314 "This week, the Battle of Quebec."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@ozymandias314 On the other hand the arithmetic section, which is not mere fact memoriz'n, pretty impressive comp'd to today.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simplic10@ozymandias314 Nah, it's pure memorizing. Maybe a tad advanced for a modern 8th grader, but. Volume of a box, Pythagorean theorem1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@ozymandias314 Compound interest? Broken down into daily?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@simplic10 @ozymandias314 If it's simple interest it's trivial. Writing down expression for compounded also trivial, but they don't specify.
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