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A publisher

by ranell » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:07 pm
A publisher is now providing university professors with the option of ordering custom textbooks for their courses. The professors can edit out those chapters of a book they are not interested in and add material of their own choosing.
The widespread use of the option mentioned above is LEAST likely to contribute to fulfilling which of the following educational objectives?
(A) Coverage of material relevant to a particular student body's specific needs
(B) Offering advanced elective courses that pursue in-depth investigation of selected topics in a field
(C) Ensuring that students nationwide engaged in a specific course of study are uniformly exposed to a basic set of readings
(D) Making the textbooks used in university courses more satisfactory from the individual teacher's point of view
(E) Keeping students' interest in a course by offering lively, well-written reading assignments
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by riteshbindal » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:04 pm
C IMO. OA please

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by vikram_k51 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:24 am
C seems to be the best.By allowing the profs to edit the text,the uniformity will not be maintained.

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by Matmasi » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:51 am
Definitely C, OA please

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by sanp_l » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:43 am
Option C stands correct and looks clear.
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by arorag » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:48 am
C is contradictory
T.F. C

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by gmatmachoman » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:12 am
IMO C

A) Coverage of material relevant to a particular student body’s specific needs

SUPPORTS THE ARG.
(B) Offering advanced elective courses that pursue in-depth investigation of selected topics in a field

SUPPORTS THE ARG.
(C) Ensuring that students nationwide engaged in a specific course of study are uniformly exposed to a basic set of readings

(D) Making the textbooks used in university courses more satisfactory from the individual teacher’s point of view

SUPPORTS THE ARG.
(E) Keeping students’ interest in a course by offering lively, well-written reading assignments
SUPPORTS THE ARG.

only C is left over...Used POE to arrive at C.

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by kris77 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:47 pm
I still feel C should be the answer.