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Old 09-12-2007, 10:29 AM   #1
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It is the word problems that make them culturally biased, not the actual material.
A word problem is a word problem. If it is mangos or trains the math is the same.
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Old 09-12-2007, 12:06 PM   #2
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A word problem is a word problem. If it is mangos or trains the math is the same.
No, it is not. There was a question on the 4th grade(?) math exam in New York State a few years ago dealing with subway stops, something completely foreign to rural upstate children, which they could not put into context. Cultural bias needs to be considered when writing tests.
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