Goodbye Play-Doh, hello No. 2 pencils. Because of a tough new curriculum and teacher evaluations, 4- and 5-year-olds are learning how to fill in bubbles on standardized math tests to show how much ...

Though the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is satisfied with multiple-choice questions for high-school finals, the Vietnam Mathematical Society (VMS) has advised against implementing the ...

Boys perform better than girls in tests made up of multiple-choice questions. Multiple-choice questions are considered objective and easy to mark. But my research shows they give an advantage to males ...

In Brett Gilley’s classroom, it’s not uncommon for him to see students giving each other high-fives in the middle of a mid-term. He might even hear them utter a few curse words, too. Immediately after ...

Some leaders reduce our math crisis to two words: test scores. For decades, hopes of progress were dashed by flat to ...

The VN Mathematical Society (VMS) has asked the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to postpone the introduction of multiple-choice math questions for the 2017 national high school examination.

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to ...

Bella Lewkowicz estimates she has spent more than 600 hours over the last two years studying and practise teaching through the University of Ottawa to prepare for a new career as a high school French ...

The GED Math test can feel intimidating, but with the right strategies, practice, and mindset, you can pass it with confidence. From understanding test structure to mastering core topics like algebra, ...

Alberta has dropped the handwritten portions of Grade 12 diploma exams in math and science, making the tests entirely multiple choice. The change to exams in math, applied math, chemistry, biology, ...