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US Students continue to decline in basic sciences


US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Digby » Nov 20, 2001 @ 6:43pm

I weep for the future:<br><br><br><br>There's a sample of the questions on the science test.  Give it a go and then be amazed at how many students missed something so simple.<br><br>
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Matt Keys » Nov 20, 2001 @ 6:55pm

Ok, I feel dumb, yet smart at the same time.<br><br>I got one of the fourth grade questions wrong!<br><br>BUT, I got all of the 12th grade questions right.<br><br>I am in 10th grade.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Paul » Nov 20, 2001 @ 7:06pm

pfft, i got 'em all right... hurray for british education!
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Village_Ideot » Nov 20, 2001 @ 8:51pm

I am in 8th grade...I got all of 'em right but one 8th grade one
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby TechMage » Nov 20, 2001 @ 9:13pm

Warning!! Do not read this if you have not taken the test and you want to, as it contains answers!!<br><br>Score 78%<br>Missed Questions: 5 and 6<br>On 5 I put "high pressure" instead of "low pressure."<br>And on 6 I said "because of the earths gravity," instead of, "because of friction."<br><br>I got all of the 4th and 12th grade questions right, but as I remember, I goofed off alot in 8th grade.  So thats probably why I failed. 8)<br>
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby MZGuy » Nov 21, 2001 @ 3:06am

You answered 89% of the questions correctly.<br><br>Holy crap, was that an easy test or what? ;D
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby PDAFantast » Nov 21, 2001 @ 5:14am

Thanks for taking our quiz. You answered 100% of the questions correctly.<br><br>Geeez... it's been 8 years since I quit 12th grade... I feel like a geeky nerd now.<br>:(<br>
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Paul » Nov 21, 2001 @ 2:20pm

either that or you're just not an idiot.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Chris Edwards » Nov 21, 2001 @ 6:30pm

100%!!!! Good old Canadian education.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Luciano U. Werner » Nov 21, 2001 @ 7:37pm

Bad old canadian new bug.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby TechMage » Nov 22, 2001 @ 7:02am

Wow I am impressed with the scores here.  You guys must have been good students in school.  As for myself, well, I need to whip out that handy science answer book that I bought a few months ago.  Hey, have any of you ever taken an IQ test?  I did one time and by the results of my test scores I have an IQ in the 130s.  If I remember right, average IQ is in the 90s.  And I think the IQ of a Genius is in the 150s or higher. 8)
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby MZGuy » Nov 22, 2001 @ 1:30pm

BUG!
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Jaybot » Nov 22, 2001 @ 5:59pm

okay, i'll be the stupid one and admit that i got 6/9 or 67% correctly.  i got one of each of the grade levels wrong, and i'm in 17th grade, i guess.  Then again, I took as little science classes as I could i highschool and college ;)... and um, those questions and answers were worded in such a way, as to piss people off, but i understood completely the mistake i made, after i relaized that they were the incorrect answers.<br><br>oh and those national results mean nothing, they just mean that with the huge increase in population, we also have a huge increase in stupid people.  thats been a growing trend since people were invented.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby randall » Nov 22, 2001 @ 10:31pm

"Thanks for taking our quiz. You answered 89% of the questions correctly."<br><br>8/9 for those who can't figure out how many I missed.<br><br>I goofed off entirely through Junior High and High School, and its been well over decade since.
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Re: US Students continue to decline in basic sciences

Postby Bjorn Keizers » Nov 23, 2001 @ 6:52am

I'll add my score here: 56 %. In my defense, Dutch education sucks; i've had only one year of basic physics/biology/chemistry, plus English isn't my native language.<br><br>The ones I missed:<br><br>2. Beans and coal both have stored energy. Where did the energy come from that is stored in beans and coal?<br>c. From the heat in the Earth's core. is not correct. The correct answer is:<br>b. From the Sun's light.<br>33 percent of students answered correctly.<br><br>I though since coal was mined, sunlight was incorrect. Shows what I know...<br><br>4. The Earth's Moon is<br>d. Sometimes closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth and sometimes closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun. is not correct. The correct answer is:<br>b. Always much closer to the Earth than it is to the Sun.<br>49 percent of students answered correctly.<br><br>I need more caffeine... I obviously know the sun is allways further out; I just didn't pay attention.<br><br>6. To keep a heavy box sliding across a carpeted floor at constant speed, a person must continually exert a force on the box. This force is used primarily to overcome which of the following forces?<br>d. The gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the box. is not correct. The correct answer is:<br>c. The frictional force exerted by the floor of the box.<br>52 percent of students answered correctly.<br><br>I thought the floor was tilted, therefore gravity exerts force on the box. Obviously, I missed the fact that the box wasn't been lifted up, but was sliding. <br><br>9. A 10-liter sample of CO2 gas contains the same number of molecules as how many liters of O2 gas at the same temperature and pressure?<br>a. 5 liters is not correct. The correct answer is:<br>b. 10 liters.<br>36 percent of students answered correctly.<br><br>Like I said, I had one year of chemistry. If I remember, CO2 means one carbon, two oxygen molecules, so if one has sets of three, and the other sets of two, then obviously, the container couldn't hold as many sets. I was obviously wrong.<br><br>So for me what it comes down to is: I don't pay as much attention [because I know this doesn't mean anything like a grade] And although I have a basic grasp of physics and chemistry, I lack the knowledge to adequately apply it.<br>
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