[Staffordshire Whippet]

A fine example of how poorly today's teachers have been educated!

Or at least a clear demonstration of how pointless is their curriculum? One can only hope that the teacher is not a man dressed as a woman.....

 

[MariaG]

TOOTHBRUSH - the only word that is made up of 2 separate words.
It's also the only one that doesn't have an "E".

I'm with you.
However, it's more like a question for the 1% TV game.
Either that, or I have to go to the local primary school and ask for a refresher course.

 

[TrishBin]

You can also use sul

Yes I got it correct I chose silver because you could use all the other things

Yes I got it correct I chose silver because you could use all the other things

 

[TrishBin]

You can also use silver. It depends on what form it is in including selling it for money. You cannot use a person as you would use an

 

[TrishBin]

You can also use silver. It would depend on what form it is in. It could be sold for money or used to make jewellery. All except person are inanimate objects which makes the person the odd one out.

 

[Agave]

I guessed correctly, but I wouldn't have known till at least yr 6.

 

[Gil]

I put Silver as it is the only adjective

 

[elelover]

I thought friend as it is the only one alive. I am wondering if there was more to the context of the question if the answer was silver - as it can also be a noun -

 

[TrishBin]

I put Silver as it is the only adjective

Si

I put Silver as it is the only adjective

silver could also be a noun.

 

[Ezzy]

Goes to show the teacher doesn't know shite from clay.

What a ridiculous question to set for a child of that age.

Apparently teachers now have a shortened term at Uni & we have known for some time they aren't good when it comes to spelling, which reflects in their students.

 

[midgemills]

I think all or most of these words could be a correct answer for varying reasons. It's not the teacher's fault, these questions are set by the board of education.

 

[SM17453]

Silver is wrong. It is both a noun and an adjective. You mine for silver (noun). Oxford, Cambridge and Collins dictionaries confirm this.

 

[MargOS51]

But silver is the name of a mineral so she is wrong

 

[mOiOz]

The odd one out is the bloody school curriculum...!!!!

 

[Bullwinkle]

I think all or most of these words could be a correct answer for varying reasons. It's not the teacher's fault, these questions are set by the board of education.

Totally agree….

 

[Knell]

Has anyone undergone testing for a job interview in the last, guessing 20 years? It is common place to undergo numerous types of testing. Like everything, education progresses with tools and measures to best identify abilities - above and below, both of which need to be considered. I am certainly no expert on this subject. However, I can see great benefit in teachers understanding each student's skills and abilities and targeting those abilities (under or over). I can only see it producing better and more individual learning outcomes for students.

“Critical thinking is the act of carefully considering a problem, claim, question, or situation in order to determine the best solution. Reasoning skills, which go hand-in-hand with critical thinking, ask you to base your decisions on facts, evidence, and/or logical conclusions”. This is very important and can be taught (to some degree) - the earlier, the better I think.
Psychometric tests - used to assess a candidate's cognitive ability and their personality.
Aptitude testing
“Measure a narrower range of abilities than intelligence tests do
Used by schools and workplaces
Don't take the ages of test-takers into consideration”

I think it's good that education now goes beyond the basic 3 R’s of the old golden days. Critical thinking for research, relevance, reliability. Surely critical thinking is a more important skill than being able to spell some obscure word? If we don’t teach children to think critically, history will surely continue to repeat itself. Intelligence comes in different forms.

 

[Jennylolo]

I think all or most of these words could be a correct answer for varying reasons. It's not the teacher's fault, these questions are set by the board of education.

and we don't know the context of the prior learning was. And that will make a huge difference to which is answer is correct.

 

[Jennylolo]

Has anyone undergone testing for a job interview in the last, guessing 20 years? It is common place to undergo numerous types of testing. Like everything, education progresses with tools and measures to best identify abilities - above and below, both of which need to be considered. I am certainly no expert on this subject. However, I can see great benefit in teachers understanding each student's skills and abilities and targeting those abilities (under or over). I can only see it producing better and more individual learning outcomes for students.

“Critical thinking is the act of carefully considering a problem, claim, question, or situation in order to determine the best solution. Reasoning skills, which go hand-in-hand with critical thinking, ask you to base your decisions on facts, evidence, and/or logical conclusions”. This is very important and can be taught (to some degree) - the earlier, the better I think.
Psychometric tests - used to assess a candidate's cognitive ability and their personality.
Aptitude testing
“Measure a narrower range of abilities than intelligence tests do
Used by schools and workplaces
Don't take the ages of test-takers into consideration”

I think it's good that education now goes beyond the basic 3 R’s of the old golden days. Critical thinking for research, relevance, reliability. Surely critical thinking is a more important skill than being able to spell some obscure word? If we don’t teach children to think critically, history will surely continue to repeat itself. Intelligence comes in different forms.

and gets them to support their choice of answer.

 

[Knell]

and gets them to support their choice of answer.

and think (outside the box)