I think Woz has trouble presenting his ideas sometimes. I read his thought as, "If you have the same answer as everyone else in math or science, you're intelligent [by today's standards]." Referring to the "short learning/testing cycles" where all student's answers are weighted by the same standard. Woz thinks that practical application of concepts in project form would be a better measurement of problem solving and intelligence.
Maybe I over thought this one though. It was an interesting comment.
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I think Woz has trouble presenting his ideas sometimes. I read his thought as, "If you have the same answer as everyone else in math or science, you're intelligent [by today's standards]." Referring to the "short learning/testing cycles" where all student's answers are weighted by the same standard. Woz thinks that practical application of concepts in project form would be a better measurement of problem solving and intelligence. Maybe I over thought this one though. It was an interesting comment.