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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not a common aid used to teach math?

2. A correct answer is _______.

3. What did the doctor invent?

4. Most prevalent scenario involving innumerates includes what?

5. Deciding how to buy which item might help children learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paulos relate this theory to Freud and the prediction of the great doctor's death?

2. What is the author's opinion of parapsychology as a pseudoscience?

3. What other fallacies were contributed by Freud?

4. What is Paulos' quote regarding innumeracy and pseudoscience?

5. Discuss the story of the student, the professor, and UFOs.

6. What is the discussion regarding the number of certainties involved in math?

7. Why was Freud's calculation incorrect? What was overlooked?

8. Who is used as Paulos' example of educated innumerates? What is the person known for in the scientific world?

9. What is another commonly overlooked skill in elementary math classes? Why is it an issue?

10. What is the author's opinion of the most common example of innumeracy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freud and Jung are important people in Chapter 2. Compare and contrast the two famous doctors, their professional lives, careers, and legacies.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Paulos' definition of "Extreme Intellectual Lethargy." What is it? How is it described? Do you or anyone you know suffer from EIL? Explain. What are the symptoms? Are there any remedies for EIL? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

What is the common practice of teaching logic in elementary school? To what does Paulos compare the study of logic? Do you agree or disagree? How could logic be best employed in the classroom? How does it apply to every day life? How might one make the study of logic fun? How did you learn about logic?

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