Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S1 · Q6 Mathematics teacher: Teaching students calculus

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Mathematics teacher: Teaching students calculus before they attend university may significantly benefit them.

Evidence

If students are taught calculus ~R → AS before they are ready for the level of abstraction involved, they may abandon the study of mathematics altogether.

Conclusion

If we are going to teach pre- T → R university students calculus, we must make sure they can handle the level of abstraction involved.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that if T → ~AS we are going to teach pre- university students calculus, then we must make sure that they will not abandon the study of it.

6.

Which one of the following principles most helps to justify the mathematics teacher's argument?

  1. Correct

    Only those who, without losing

    Why this is right

    This connects teaching people T → ~AS calculus with making sure they will not abandon the study of it.

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

    81% picked this

  2. Only those parts of university-level

    Weaken

    Since calculus is abstract rather than concrete, this makes it less likely that we should teach calculus to pre-university students.

    3% picked this

  3. Cognitive tasks that require exceptional

    Out of Scope

    Cognitive tasks that require a high level of abstraction may not be ones that require exceptional effort.

    8% picked this

  4. Teachers who teach university-level mathematics

    Weaken

    Since calculus is abstract rather than concrete, this makes it less likely that we should teach calculus to pre-university students.

    6% picked this

  5. The level of abstraction involved

    Weaken

    This argument does consider the level of abstraction involved in teaching calculus.

    1% picked this

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