tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post9196429805186516738..comments2023-10-12T08:04:06.781-04:00Comments on literacies café: it is all fun and games until...literacies publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857629139253650971noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-9125059114059582152009-04-15T17:06:00.000-04:002009-04-15T17:06:00.000-04:00Well, I finally did the test. I got 4 prose, 3 doc...Well, I finally did the test. I got 4 prose, 3 document and 5 numeracy (hope everyone is impressed).<br /><br />I feel like a lot of the questions were actually measuring my level of cynicism, which is perhaps and essential skill for literacy workers.<br /><br />How do I know why the kid kept the change? How do I know whether the cafe was really trying to get customer's contact information? <br /><br />The other thing that's a bit disconcerting is the "margin of error." Apparently, my 75% in Document use is really somewhere between 53 - 90%? I think that's what is says, but I may be wrong (I'll defer to those of you who got 4 in document use). <br /><br />In the meantime, I'll just keep telling myself that my 3 is really a 5.<br /><br />JudiJudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020290485538510362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-49911717025102488552009-03-30T23:18:00.000-04:002009-03-30T23:18:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-56431462719835780782009-03-23T15:09:00.000-04:002009-03-23T15:09:00.000-04:00Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who was surprise...Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who was surprised by some of my results! I scored 3 on both Document and Prose Literacy. If literacy workers are averaging 2s and 3s in these sections, I'm thinking something's not quite right here.<BR/><BR/>I also noticed several problems with the wording of questions, as well as answer choices being repeated (I have contacted CCL about the latter). <BR/><BR/>Also, I'd just like to vent about this one: "Which snack has the least calories per gram?" ...It should be FEWEST, not LEAST. Eesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-33688098273152301492009-03-11T17:56:00.000-04:002009-03-11T17:56:00.000-04:00I always knew it! You are the smartest literacy wo...I always knew it! You are the smartest literacy worker EVER!<BR/><BR/>Well then according to this handy dandy little chart -- http://www.ccl-cca.ca/LiteracyAssessment2009/LiteracyCanada.html#income -- you should be making a cool $60,782.03 compared to my paltry Level 2 salary of $36,095.91.<BR/><BR/>Good point about the cats. And yes the 'Which is chicken?' question had us stumped. As both respondents and assessors. <BR/><BR/>And I though the whole point of Alice was not that she was dreaming, but that Carroll was stoned. In a good way.<BR/><BR/>Don't bogart that joint my friend, I have to find out my IALSS level again...literacies publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857629139253650971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-53980461144875107772009-03-11T17:04:00.000-04:002009-03-11T17:04:00.000-04:00Hey! I scored 3, 4 and 4. Clearly this is a very...Hey! I scored 3, 4 and 4. Clearly this is a very perceptive and accurate test!<BR/><BR/>So... um... What's the 'literacy' dimension to the question "Which snack do you think is chicken?"<BR/><BR/>Other complaints: One question repeated the same choice twice (first and fourth answer options). I disagreed with their interpretation of one bit of Carroll (but knew enough to find the answer they likely intended). I wish I could see which ones they marked incorrect.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing I found this quiz fairly easy exactly because of it's familiar, schoolish nature. I spend forever helping people develop strategies for test taking and multiple-choice guessing. I fill out lots of forms. And I recognize those hackeyed math word problems about unit price or grams of salt or the cheapest bed - not from my grown-up life as a shopper, but from my day job teaching math.Wendell Drydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553873036366356241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570507847338487637.post-71464998824421230832009-03-11T16:07:00.000-04:002009-03-11T16:07:00.000-04:00HA! I'm stuck on the 1st question!It asks "Which ...HA! I'm stuck on the 1st question!<BR/><BR/>It asks "Which locations allow cats?" What it meant to ask was "Which of the following locations allow cats?" The difference being that their question asks for ALL the cat-safe locations. Since none of the answers they give to choose from list all the locations... the best we can do is sort out which combination of addresses includes only cat-safe homes.<BR/><BR/>Working with GED materials - and trying to create GED type materials - has taught me to parse questions very carefully. It's all too easy to make a question ambiguous or inexact.<BR/><BR/>I'll see if I can finish the test and let you know how I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com