Self-study
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Summary
Some educators claim that it is best for school courses to cover only basic subject matter in depth. These educators claim that if students solidly grasp the basic concepts of a subject, then those students will be able to explore that subject broadly when the course is over. But if students simply learn a lot of facts without understanding the significance, students will not be prepared for additional study on their own.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
It is easier for a student to study a subject broadly after studying the basics of that subject in detail.
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The educators' reasoning provides grounds ███ █████████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████
a
It is easier ██ ██████████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████████ █████ ████████ ███ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ███████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know how the connection between “classified” and useful” compares to understanding the basics of a subject in order to study that subject in depth. We don’t know if “classified” and “useful” have the same depth versus breadth relationship.
b
It is more █████████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ █ ████ ███ ███████████ ███████ ████ ██ █ ██████ ███ ███████████ ████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus how difficult or easy grasping the concepts of a dull subject would be compared to an interesting subject.
c
It is easier ██ ████████ ███ █████ █████████ ██████████ ██ █ ███████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ████████ ██████████████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what factors would make remembering new ideas easier. The educators’ claims are regarding the best way for school courses to cover subject matter.
d
It is easier ██ ██████████ ███ █████ ███████ █████ ███ ███ ████████ █ ███ ██ ████ ██ ███████
This answer is strongly supported. This scenario fits the educators’ idea that if students were to study a few components of a subject in depth, those students would be able to study the subject broadly.
e
It is easier ██ █████ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ████ ██ █████ █ ███ ███████████ █████ █████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what kind of details are easier to learn for students.