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They really, really need to do something about the way this event is scored.

Agreed. At states, the correlation for the results of TPS was way off. Some sort of consideration needs to be paid to knowing how to solve the problems, instead of merely looking at the answer. Maybe there needs to be more explicit directions in the event rules that place some emphasis on work.

EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:Agreed. At states, the correlation for the results of TPS was way off. Some sort of consideration needs to be paid to knowing how to solve the problems, instead of merely looking at the answer. Maybe there needs to be more explicit directions in the event rules that place some emphasis on work.

Yeah, while I like the idea of having three more complex stations instead of eight-ish simple ones, I preferred the old scoring method, where your process contributes to your score. I mean, it is Technical Problem Solving; it should be about how you solve the problem, not just the answer you get.

Phenylethylamine wrote:

EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:Agreed. At states, the correlation for the results of TPS was way off. Some sort of consideration needs to be paid to knowing how to solve the problems, instead of merely looking at the answer. Maybe there needs to be more explicit directions in the event rules that place some emphasis on work.

Yeah, while I like the idea of having three more complex stations instead of eight-ish simple ones, I preferred the old scoring method, where your process contributes to your score. I mean, it is Technical Problem Solving; it should be about how you solve the problem, not just the answer you get.

Agreed. Our team really did not like that the work shown was not taken into account as it normally is. I hope this is rectified for next year.