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Good tests should include a mix of essay, problem- solving, short-answer and even some multiple-choice questions. On math quizzes, students should be able to show how they arrived at their answer. The tests widely used today often rely too much on multiple-choice questions, which encourage guessing rather than thinking. Also, they frequently ignore the importance of knowledge. Today's history tests, for example, seldom expect the student to know any history--sometimes derided as "mere facts"--but only to be able to read charts, graphs and cartoons...
...even with such innovation, the U.S. women are unlikely to repeat as Olympic champions, although they do have a good chance of getting onto the podium. Ray's team is a mix of the old and the new; in addition to Dawes, Amy Chow, another '96er, earned a place on the squad; they will be joined by two-time national champion Kristen Maloney, 19; Jamie Dantzscher, 18; and Morgan White...
...Good tests should include a mix of essays, problem solving, short answers and even some multiple-choice questions. On math quizzes, students should be able to show how they arrived at their answer. The tests widely used today often rely too much on multiple-choice questions, which encourage guessing rather than thinking. Also, they often ignore the importance of knowledge. Today's history tests, for example, seldom expect the student to know any history - sometimes derided as "mere facts" - but only to be able to read charts, graphs and cartoons...
...comic strip. "Real" drawing is about specifics. It's about describing an object as accurately as possible. In a comic strip you have to draw a picture of the idea of the object. You have to draw the word that you are picturing, then you have to mix in specifics with it for it to work as a story. But you are still working with drawn words...
...Critics point out that there is barely a market today for the company's bandwidth trading exchange. They also stress that pushing digital signals through pipe is a world away from routing natural gas. Although there is plenty of cable across the country, carriers are not set up to mix and match access to it. "It's a very, very difficult concept," says Nolles. Even the Blockbuster venture is risky: technology aside, there is also the highly political question of digital rights. How do you satisfy Hollywood that its content is secure...