Sheila King On (27 Dec 96) was overheard to say to Carl Bogardus
 Hey Sheila...
 SK> answer 56. Now she thoroughly understands the concept behind
 SK> multiplication (otherwise she couldn't use this method to get her
 SK> answers) but she won't finish the timed test that way.
 Timed tests...  what educational value for regular ed kids, IYO, do
 timed tests really have?  If, as you say, your daughter understands
 the concept and can arrive at the correct answer by doing the 5X8 =
 40 +8 +8 = 56 doesn't that indicate rather strongly that the timed
 test result is not a true indicator of her knowledge?
 Wouldn't this be true across all content areas?
 I've _never_ given a timed test - I don't expect that I ever will.
 Happy New Year!
 Bob
... 2 + 2 = 5	for sufficiently large values of 2.			
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