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  2. 24 super wrong but brilliant test answers from the most ... - AOL

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    24 super wrong but brilliant test answers from the most creative students. Brittany Vanbibber. Updated August 14, 2015 at 9:36 AM. Back-to-school season is here! Before you kick off the...

  3. 6-year-old provides the most genius answer to his math problem

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    Sometimes the way kids respond to math tests are incredibly funny and even smarter than the answers their teachers expect. While everyone hates taking tests, some students are creative enough to ...

  4. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

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    The Dunning–Kruger effect is defined as the tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability. [2] [3] [4] This is often seen as a cognitive bias, i.e. as a systematic tendency to engage in erroneous forms of thinking and judging. [5] [6] [7] In the case of the Dunning–Kruger effect ...

  5. No such thing as a stupid question - Wikipedia

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    No such thing as a stupid question. " (There's) no such thing as a stupid question" is a common phrase, that states that the quest for knowledge includes failure, and that just because one person may know less than others, they should not be afraid to ask rather than pretend they already know. In many cases, multiple people may not know, but ...

  6. IQ classification - Wikipedia

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    IQ classification. Score distribution chart for sample of 905 children tested on 1916 Stanford–Binet Test. IQ classification is the practice of categorizing human intelligence, as measured by intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, into categories such as "superior" or "average". [1] [2] [3] [4]

  7. Intelligence quotient - Wikipedia

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    An intelligence quotient ( IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. [1] The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotient, his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests at University of Breslau he advocated in ...

  8. Computerized adaptive testing - Wikipedia

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    Computerized adaptive testing ( CAT) is a form of computer-based test that adapts to the examinee's ability level. For this reason, it has also been called tailored testing. In other words, it is a form of computer-administered test in which the next item or set of items selected to be administered depends on the correctness of the test taker's ...

  9. Twenty questions - Wikipedia

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    Twenty questions. Twenty questions is a spoken parlor game which encourages deductive reasoning and creativity. It originated in the United States and was played widely in the 19th century. [1] It escalated in popularity during the late 1940s, when it became the format for a successful weekly radio quiz program. [citation needed]

  10. Fermi paradox - Wikipedia

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    Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) The Fermi paradox is a conflict between the argument that scale and probability seem to favor intelligent life being common in the universe, and the total lack of evidence of intelligent life having ever arisen anywhere other than on Earth. The first aspect of the Fermi paradox is a function of the scale or the large ...

  11. A Test Before Trying - Wikipedia

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    The Simpsons season 24. List of episodes. " A Test Before Trying " is the tenth episode of the twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 518th episode overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 13, 2013. The episode is dedicated to the memory of Huell Howser, who ...