Logical Reasoning

PT117 · S2 · Q3 In the past, combining children

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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.

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.

3.

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

  1. On average, mixed-age classrooms today

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  2. Mixed-age classrooms of the past

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  3. Correct

    Today’s mixed-age classrooms, unlike those

    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.

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  4. Today’s mixed-age classrooms have students

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  5. Few of the teachers who

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