Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT117 S2 Q3 Explanation

In the past, combining children

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

In the past, combining children of different ages in one classroom was usually a failure; it resulted in confused younger children, who were given inadequate attention and instruction, and bored older ones, who had to sit through previously learned lessons. Recently, however, the practice has been revived with excellent results. Mixed-age classrooms children to learn much more efficiently than in standard classrooms.

What this question is testing

Paradox

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
3.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    On average, mixed-age classrooms today are somewhat larger in enrollment than were the ones

  2. Trap0% picked this

    Mixed-age classrooms of the past were better equipped than are those

  3. Correct99% picked this

    Today’s mixed-age classrooms, unlike those of the past, emphasize group projects that are engaging to

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap0% picked this

    Today’s mixed-age classrooms have students of a greater range of ages than did those

  5. Trap0% picked this

    Few of the teachers who are reviving mixed-age classrooms today were students in mixed-age classrooms

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