Philosophy of True and False questions in school

[ramoo]

I was thinking about this the other day and I came to the conclusion that True and False questions are not really questions, but rather agreements designed to make you think a certain way. My problem with these types of questions is that they create only two sides and don't allow room for argument. This belief of their only being two sides (Good/evil, happy/sad) is a Christian doctrine that I don't think is right for this world. They also give you less room to argue which in my opinion shuts down all thoughts of idea.

What do you think are the effects of these type of questions on the world we live in? Do you think they alter your brain structure in making you think that everything is two sided and argument is void?

[the_coup_d'etat]

The atomic mass of K is 39.0983 amu.

True___ False___

Kind of hard to debate that one. Somethings are Fact, others are False, and yet some fall into a grey area.

True and false questions can be distorted to show only what someone wants you to see, but that normally only happens in a History class. We all know that the winners write the history books.

[ThePrince]

Originally Posted by ramoo

What do you think are the effects of these type of questions on the world we live in? Do you think they alter your brain structure in making you think that everything is two sided and argument is void?

Maybe if it was the only type of question we ever saw in all our schooling ever. Fortunately we have plenty of multiple choice, short answer and free response questions too.

[KikoSanchez]

It seems this is insinuating that some masterhead federal mandate requires true or false questioning, but in reality teachers mostly make up exams themselves and true/false questions are simple ones to grade. And as earlier stated, some things just are - there is no opinion to be inserted in them.

[Mantikore]

read up on things like post modernism

[A Clockwork Pumelo]

You can tell how lazy a teacher is, based on how many true/false questions they give you.

[Big Steamers]

You have confused Yes or No questions with True or False statements. Please start over again.

[Chimro]

True or false? Alcohol improves your ability to drive.

[supperrfreek]

You'd be surprised how easy it is to argue these questions. Under certain circumstances a lot of them can be proven wrong.

[Chimro]

Originally Posted by Chimro

True or false? Alcohol improves your ability to drive.

Originally Posted by supperrfreek

You'd be surprised how easy it is to argue these questions. Under certain circumstances a lot of them can be proven wrong.

Well, when you're talking about ethanol, yes.