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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember that from my kids elementary days. So frustrating. Many prompts were grammatically incorrect or confounding nonsense. There were often multiple ways to interpret a question if you have a strong vocabulary. I think several things are going on: 1) some teachers/worksheet creators have a terrible grasp of language, especially the ones writing math word problems, 2) some try to change a question copied from somewhere else to "make it their own" and end up creating a confusing mess with their changes, and 3) the question writer assumes you only know of one way to think about the topic, which is the way that was taught in class.

I told my kid to think back to class, and based on what the teacher has been talking about, what do you think the teacher wants you to write about? [b]How would the teacher answer this question?[/b] That usually works. Otherwise, we say, answer based on your best guess about what is being asked and that is good enough. [b]If the kid is freaking out, we say, put a question mark and note that the question doesn't make sense to you, and we initial it, so they know we tried.[/b][/quote]

Good suggestions, PP. I think the first might work sometimes, at least when the question isn't an absolutely confusing mess.

-OP[/quote]

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