Self-study
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Speaker 1 Summary
Dana argues that educational methods should always be tailored to each child's natural style of learning. For example, Dana believes that children raised in more communal environments would learn better through group activities.
Speaker 2 Summary
Pat disagrees that a child's learning style should always dictate the educational method used. Pat argues that flexibility in individual and group work is important because both skills are needed in the real world.
Objective
Disagree: Dana and Pat disagree over whether a child’s educational methods should always be tailored to their natural style of learning.
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This is too broad for either speaker to have an opinion on. Dana is focused on tailoring educational methods, while Pat argues for a more flexible approach.
b
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Dana disagrees with this because he believes a child’s natural learning style should always dictate the learning method used. Pat argues that flexibility is important, suggesting that children should learn to adapt to different educational methods.
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Dana suggests that some children would learn better through group activities, but Pat does not agree/disagree with this point. Pat is focused on the flexibility of learning styles.
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This is too broad for either speaker to have an opinion. Neither speaker gives a viewpoint on the “main purpose” of education.
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Dana agrees with (E), because she believes it is always desirable to tailor methods to a child’s learning style. If she thinks it's always desirable, then she must agree that it's at least sometimes desirable, which is what (E) says. But we don't know whether Pat disagrees with Dana about (E). In order to disagree about (E), Pat would need to think that it's never desirable. But all we know is that Pat thinks it's "not always" desirable to go with the child's accustomed learning style. "Not always" doesn't have to mean never. It's possible Pat would agree that it's sometimes desirable to tailor to the child's learning method, just not all the time.