I saw the show and remarked to my husband and son that this was a horrible
question. The answer was correct--It is false that fiction books are NOT
assigned a Dewey number, but the double negative is confusing to say the
least. This show was already getting a thumbs down from me and this question
cemented my poor opinion of it. I don't really buy that some of these
questions are actually for the age the show says. They had a geometry
question on Tuesday that was supposed to be fourth grade math. I never had
to calculate the height of a triangle in the fourth grade. And the questions
that are appropriate for the grade level are embarrassing when the
contestants get them wrong. It seems like they are screening for dumb
contestants. It also seems like the kids are coached. All-in-all, a bad
show.
That being said, I would like to get your opinions on one thing: I told my
son and husband that most elementary kids would be totally confused by the
Dewey question because, while there is a literature Dewey designation, most
school libraries have fiction in a separate section. Am I wrong?
Marsha Redd
Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com
Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student.
Everyone is a teacher.
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From: Leigh Woznick <bookmom@OPTONLINE.NET>
Reply-To: Leigh Woznick <bookmom@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] GEN: game show mistake?
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 01:24:58 -0500
Did anyone else see the new game show "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"
tonight?
One of the questions was in the category of 3rd grade reading. I didn't see
the whole show, and came in on this question. But I think it said:
"True or false? Fiction books are NOT assigned numbers in the Dewey Decimal
System".
The woman contestant and all of the 5th graders answered false, and they
were told
this was correct.
Am I crazy? Did I see it wrong? I think everyone got tripped up by
semantics -- it was confusingly worded.
But if I saw it correctly, this is perpetuating incorrect information to
however many millions of folks watched the show.
Leigh Woznick
Library Media Specialist
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
Bridgewater, NJ
lwoznick@brrsd.k12.nj.us
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