Missed this on my initial take and on blind review. Also missed it in a drill it appeared in last week. All three times I selected a different (and incorrect) answer. Sigh. These are the moments that are extra discouraging--When you don't even have it down to two choices where one of them is correct. To have three different takes that all end up being incorrect makes you second guess how much you think you know.
Answer choice "A" is tricky to me because it seems to put what we know to be wrong from the stimulus in a positive context, so it just seems counterintuitive.
it does say that this is a new study? i understand why A is correct, but I feel like B was eliminated too quickly even though new study versus new research don't seem that different to me
@MaryClareScalise Yea the "a new study debunks" made me choose B over A and the first sentence states how scientists find it strange people believe this myth, almost like its already been settled. B does not say "that regular people previously thought had been settled", but rather "scientists". The passage seems to say regular people have this confusion, not scientists.
im not sure if you guys are refrencing the low res summary but I dont, I have it in my head so well due to Kevins voice in my ears. would it be wise to continue this or should I start mapping it and then refrencing ti rather then just go off memorization, 10 seconds under timing. This section I am trying to be quick
@erarabiameyer I think having his explanations is what makes answering the questions so clear. Once you are doing them on your own, you'll prob have to use your own low res summaries.
How i approached this question:Which one of the following best summarizes the author's view of the results of Zanotto's study? could be wrong reasoning
a- makes sense, the glass researches(ie scientist) implied they were confused as to why people have this myth.
b- its not a settled argument.. clearly people are still confused
c- this to me is not considered a plausible explanation
d- there is no reconciling of the 2 hypothesis
e- just no... because we clearly identify craftsmanship/ manufacturing as a cause to the thicker glass from the medieval ages.
Wish you had spent a little more time discussing why someone may have been tricked by B.
The line "repeated in textbooks, in science classes...." tricked me into jumping right to B ("scientists previously thought had been settled") and dismissing A ("...already held by many scientists").
I get why it's wrong now, but you didn't really pick up on this in the video
The "view that was already held by many scientists" wording confused me. The passage says, "a new study debunks the persistent belief . . ." At the beginning of the passage, the author also states that the dominant theory that glass flows downward is in science textbooks. To me, this makes B sound more appealing. Upon further consideration, it seems A would have been wrong, and B may have been right, had A said "most" scientists. The word many does not rely upon the general consensus, but may be solely focused on glass researchers, a group mentioned early on in the passage. I think the question writers used these things against us, knowing we would be inclined to think that, because some scientists disagree with Zanotto, A cannot be correct.
I have noticed that a few of the drills are programmed with the same questions like here its Q22 and its also on a few other questions, was hoping that could be looked at for this passage as well as the new passages added in Problem-Analysis and Spotlight.
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I only got this one right because a stated "many scientists" in the text and in the answer so I ran with it lol
ughhhh
Missed this on my initial take and on blind review. Also missed it in a drill it appeared in last week. All three times I selected a different (and incorrect) answer. Sigh. These are the moments that are extra discouraging--When you don't even have it down to two choices where one of them is correct. To have three different takes that all end up being incorrect makes you second guess how much you think you know.
Answer choice "A" is tricky to me because it seems to put what we know to be wrong from the stimulus in a positive context, so it just seems counterintuitive.
#help
it does say that this is a new study? i understand why A is correct, but I feel like B was eliminated too quickly even though new study versus new research don't seem that different to me
@MaryClareScalise Yea the "a new study debunks" made me choose B over A and the first sentence states how scientists find it strange people believe this myth, almost like its already been settled. B does not say "that regular people previously thought had been settled", but rather "scientists". The passage seems to say regular people have this confusion, not scientists.
im not sure if you guys are refrencing the low res summary but I dont, I have it in my head so well due to Kevins voice in my ears. would it be wise to continue this or should I start mapping it and then refrencing ti rather then just go off memorization, 10 seconds under timing. This section I am trying to be quick
@erarabiameyer I think having his explanations is what makes answering the questions so clear. Once you are doing them on your own, you'll prob have to use your own low res summaries.
How i approached this question:Which one of the following best summarizes the author's view of the results of Zanotto's study? could be wrong reasoning
a- makes sense, the glass researches(ie scientist) implied they were confused as to why people have this myth.
b- its not a settled argument.. clearly people are still confused
c- this to me is not considered a plausible explanation
d- there is no reconciling of the 2 hypothesis
e- just no... because we clearly identify craftsmanship/ manufacturing as a cause to the thicker glass from the medieval ages.
read the question, referenced the correct area of the passage bc of my low res summary, and then the correct answer felt obvious. this is nice.
Wish you had spent a little more time discussing why someone may have been tricked by B.
The line "repeated in textbooks, in science classes...." tricked me into jumping right to B ("scientists previously thought had been settled") and dismissing A ("...already held by many scientists").
I get why it's wrong now, but you didn't really pick up on this in the video
The "view that was already held by many scientists" wording confused me. The passage says, "a new study debunks the persistent belief . . ." At the beginning of the passage, the author also states that the dominant theory that glass flows downward is in science textbooks. To me, this makes B sound more appealing. Upon further consideration, it seems A would have been wrong, and B may have been right, had A said "most" scientists. The word many does not rely upon the general consensus, but may be solely focused on glass researchers, a group mentioned early on in the passage. I think the question writers used these things against us, knowing we would be inclined to think that, because some scientists disagree with Zanotto, A cannot be correct.
Quantative data would be anything with numbers, correct?
Quantitative is anything that is measurable so including numbers, yeah.
Measured with numbers
#feedback
I have noticed that a few of the drills are programmed with the same questions like here its Q22 and its also on a few other questions, was hoping that could be looked at for this passage as well as the new passages added in Problem-Analysis and Spotlight.
#feedback
I second that. The drill shows the question from the last lesson instead of the one in the video. Please fix this.
If you delete the drill on this page it should reload with the correct question.
Sorry about that. We're looking into this. We'll get the "quickview" added ASAP to at least let you try the questions first while we fix the issue.