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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsStudy: Average U.S. 3rd-Grader Reading At Level Of Crow
STANFORD, CAFinding that the students skills were on track by the standards of the large, carrion-feeding bird, a study published Wednesday in the International Journal Of Educational Research concluded that the average American third-grader reads at the same level as a crow.
In tests of word recognition and reading comprehension, most 8- and 9-year-old pupils in the United States measured up quite well against crows of a similar age, said the studys lead author, Stanford University professor Edward Tercero, who stressed that it was only students of median proficiency who merited comparison to the clever corvid, and that many third-graders in underperforming schools read no better than a duck or a Canada goose.
Unfortunately, American students still lag behind crows in many key areas, including abstract thinking, observational learning, problem solving, and emotional intelligence.
The study also found, however, that as a result of the extensive experience they had accumulated by the age of 8, most American third-graders had a slight edge over crows when it came to their ability to avoid predators.
https://www.theonion.com/study-average-u-s-3rd-grader-reading-at-level-of-crow-1847937628
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Study: Average U.S. 3rd-Grader Reading At Level Of Crow (Original Post)
Zorro
Oct 2021
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Walleye
(30,935 posts)1. Funny.Sucked me in. I am impressed by the intelligence of crows. American third graders not so much
Haggard Celine
(16,834 posts)2. Crows usually speak better English, too.
brush
(53,726 posts)3. Love me some corvidae...crows, ravens, jays, rooks, magpies, jackdaws.
Smart birds.
GoneOffShore
(17,336 posts)4. We have rooks, magpies, and a few crows around here.
Mostly magpies.
brush
(53,726 posts)5. Do any of them interact with you at all?
GoneOffShore
(17,336 posts)8. They avoid interaction. The rooks especially.
doc03
(35,293 posts)6. How about a MAGAt and a crow? nt
NoMoreRepugs
(9,363 posts)7. Outstanding.