Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT154 S1 Q4 Explanation

Oscar: Clearly, student evaluations

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TopicsAgree/Disagree

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Stimulus

Oscar: Clearly, student evaluations provide the best assessment of teacher performance. Who is in a better position to than that teacher’s students?

Bettina: Student evaluations of teachers are usually conducted at the end of a class. However, students generally fail to appreciate the impact of a teacher until many years later. So, peer good supplement or a better alternative.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
4.

The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that Oscar and Bettina

Answer choices

  1. Both Agree6% picked this

    students are ever capable of adequately judging a

    The words "ever" and "adequately" are important to note in this answer. Oscar believes that students can adequately judge a teacher’s performance right away. Bettina indicates that students might eventually be able to do this, but it will take students many years to develop an accurate view.

  2. Half Scope1% picked this

    students’ opinions may change over a period of

    Bettina agrees with this. None of Oscar's statements indicate that they agree or disagree.

  3. Correct91% picked this

    student evaluations furnish the optimal assessment of

    Why this is right

    Oscar agrees with this. Bettina believes that peer evaluations are a better alternative.

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

  4. Half Scope2% picked this

    teacher performance should be assessed without conducting any

    Oscar disagrees with this. Bettina claims that peer evaluations "might be a good supplement," which means that student evaluations could still be used, but should not be relied on as the best way to assess teacher performance, as Oscar believes they should be.

  5. Half Scope0% picked this

    student evaluations are usually conducted at the end of

    Bettina states this. Nothing in Oscar's statements indicate that they disagree.

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