Many undergraduate students in the social and life sciences go through 4 or more years of university education utterly convinced that multiple choice exams are Satan’s favorite testing format. Drawn up by diabolical, sadistic demons (sometimes termed “professors”), questions on multiple choice exams are invariably ambiguous, unfair, and out for (the student’s) blood. Personally, […]
Archive for August, 2006
Multiple choice tests: why you shouldn’t panic
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26 August 2006 |
9:32 |
academics, tutorials |
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Is expertise under genetic control?
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15 August 2006 |
23:32 |
musings, behavioral genetics |
3 Comments »
Jonah Lehrer has a post over at Frontal Cortex today that follows up on his article in Seed a couple of weeks ago arguing that exceptional abilities are the result of extensive practice rather than genetic predisposition. My own view is that they’re probably not; or at least, I’m not sure the question is a […]
Jonah Lehrer has a post over at Frontal Cortex today that follows up on his article in Seed a couple of weeks ago arguing that exceptional abilities are the result of extensive practice rather than genetic predisposition. My own view is that they’re probably not; or at least, I’m not sure the question is a […]