For the first time that I can recall, I had quite a few students who were
unable to fully answer this question:
"Using Terman's formula, what would be the IQ for a child who is seven years
old, but is able to answer only those questions we would expect a
six-year-old to answer?"
Answer: "I don't have a calculator, but I know it would be 7/6 X 100."
We are raising a generation of college students who can't divide 7 into 6
without a calculator? I've long become accustomed to handing a sales clerk
$1 for a 99� item, and watching as he/she looks at the cash register display
a second time to be sure that the appropriate change should be 1�, but in
college??
God help us.
Beth Benoit
University of Massachusetts Lowell
