Evers' higher order thinking: How low can you go?

["Allen Flanigan." <Allen.Flanigan@USPTO.GOV>]

Evers' example was laughable.  It simply tests students' recall of the basic
formula that circumference equals pi times twice the radius.  It's no more a
test of higher order thinking than a question which tests children's
recognition of subject-verb agreement.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joankaiser@AOL.COM [SMTP:Joankaiser@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:04 PM
> To:   ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Monty, et. al on PBS
>
> Monty and Alfie were great!  You clearly articulated the major points.
> Evers
> gave such a ridiculous answer about the higher level thinking required in
> the
> multiple choice question about the change in the equator. Multiple guess
> would have been perfect for me! Does anyone know that answer? Also, Keegan
>
> "lost her cool" when she claimed that Alfie had the wrong information. She
>
> got too emotionally charged. At the same time, Alfie and Monty stayed calm
>
> and stuck to the topic at hand.
>
> Special thanks to Monty and Alfie for a job well done!
> Best,
> Joan

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