Educator's statement CR
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Educator: Like many other difficult pursuits, music requires intense study and practice from an early age in order for one to become proficient. But many school music programs encourage only children who demonstrate early aptitude to continue studying music, while children who do not appear especially musical are directed towards other activities. Having learned to think of themselves as musically inept, these children do not devote any time to music, and thus some of them deprive themselves of the opportunity to develop latent but potentially significant musical talent.
The educator's statements, if true, would best support which of the following conclusions?
A)Music education should not devote special attention to talented students.
B)Everyone has the potential to learn music.
C)The number of proficient adult musicians is less than it could be.
D)Children are particularly sensitive to criticism from adults.
E)All children should study music.
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- dbernst
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The key to correctly answering an inference/draw a conclusion question is to only consider answer choices that are DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT. If the answer choice requires additional information to be true it CANNOT be the best answer to this question type. Let's consider the answers to this particular question.
A)Music education should not devote special attention to talented students.
-This is an opinion statement not directly supported by the text.
B)Everyone has the potential to learn music.
-Though the text indicates that certain students do have latent musical talent, this choice, by stating "everyone," is too extreme.
C)The number of proficient adult musicians is less than it could be.
-CORRRECT. The text directly states that "Having learned to think of themselves as musically inept, these children do not devote any time to music, and thus some of them deprive themselves of the opportunity to develop latent but potentially significant musical talent."
In other words, the number of students who develop significant musical talent is less than it could be!!!
D)Children are particularly sensitive to criticism from adults.
-This choice is too broad and is not directly supported by the text
E)All children should study music.
-Another opinion statement that is much too extreme to be the correct answer to this question.
-dan
A)Music education should not devote special attention to talented students.
-This is an opinion statement not directly supported by the text.
B)Everyone has the potential to learn music.
-Though the text indicates that certain students do have latent musical talent, this choice, by stating "everyone," is too extreme.
C)The number of proficient adult musicians is less than it could be.
-CORRRECT. The text directly states that "Having learned to think of themselves as musically inept, these children do not devote any time to music, and thus some of them deprive themselves of the opportunity to develop latent but potentially significant musical talent."
In other words, the number of students who develop significant musical talent is less than it could be!!!
D)Children are particularly sensitive to criticism from adults.
-This choice is too broad and is not directly supported by the text
E)All children should study music.
-Another opinion statement that is much too extreme to be the correct answer to this question.
-dan
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