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by davy420 » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:28 pm
This year wiliamsboro high school introduced a peer tutoring program in which students who performed poorly in class were tutored by those who performed well in class. The average score of the students being tutored were higher before the tutoring than afterwards. Clearly peer tutoring programs do more harm than good.

Each of the following if true would weaken the argument above except

A. Students who were tutored in the program have exhibited greatly improved study habits and an increased desire to learn

B.The average score of students who were not in the tutoring program declined by an even greater amount over the tutoring program.

C.The majority of the students who were tutored in the peer tutoring program enjoyed the program and preffered the tutoring to their regular classes.

D.The course work for which students were responsible at the end of the tutoring period was significantly challenging than that at the beginning of the tutoring period.

E.Most of the students tutored in a peer tutoring program at Gainsville high school showed marked improvement in there test scores.
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by stubbornp » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:36 pm
imo C
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by raunekk » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:36 pm
imo:D


i feel D is neutral: neither weakening nor strengthening,,,
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by davy420 » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:45 pm
Answer is C can somebody explain why C is the answer.
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by raunekk » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:14 pm
hmm.,,
one reason for C being the answer could be that,,,

*majority of the students enjoy and prefer tutoring classes to regular classes,,,

Thus it's possible that tutoring classes might be more entertaining or mite b givin less weightage to academics and therefore students enjoy it and thus dont help them in any way,,,
this supports d conclusion,,



But i dont see how D is also weakening in any way,,
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by stubbornp » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:01 am
raunekk wrote:hmm.,,
one reason for C being the answer could be that,,,

*majority of the students enjoy and prefer tutoring classes to regular classes,,,

Thus it's possible that tutoring classes might be more entertaining or mite b givin less weightage to academics and therefore students enjoy it and thus dont help them in any way,,,
this supports d conclusion,,



But i dont see how D is also weakening in any way,,

In D,it doesnt mention whether the work in the starting is good or bad.So we must assume it is Normal.It simply says work in end is better than beginning.Simply,Weakens the conclusion...
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by rohangupta83 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:16 am
Conclusion: Clearly peer tutoring programs do more harm than good.

Weakening arguments: Any argument which states that peer tutoring programs are useful/do good

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imo C - enjoyed the program because it was less efficient and challenging than what regular classes are. (Thus, peer tutoring programs are causing harm)

D - Coursework was more challenging after tutoring and that is the reason why scores declined after tutoring. (is not related to the conclusion, however it does support the evidence which states - The average score of the students being tutored were higher before the tutoring than afterwards)
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by scoobydooby » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:43 am
Davy420,
how does kaplan explain this question?
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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:29 am
D.The course work for which students were responsible at the end of the tutoring period was significantly challenging than that at the beginning of the tutoring period.


IMO D also weakens

I think it means that complexity of course increased
so had thr been no tutoring
more students would have scored less
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by gmat009 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:46 am
Can someone plz. explain why B cannot be the answer

"The average score of students who were not in the tutoring program declined by an even greater amount over the tutoring program. "

If overall scores declined then it gives us a reason why scores of students being tutored were lower . This doesnot mean that peer tutoring programs did more harm than good.
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by Arunlal » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:29 pm
Odd one out.
I feel A could be a right choice.
A- This clearly weakens the statemnt that peer tutoring is doing harm.
B- Could infer that the perr tutoring has impacted the good lots as well. this doesnt weaken
C- the reason for enjoyment can be anything. Whats important is that it should contribute to their good scores
D- Out of scope or too much to consider
E- This i feel can be right answer because it weakens the generalistion of the conclusion made. I didnt choose this because ...Subject of matter is William school not Gainsville school

Please share the Official Answer.
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by davy420 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:58 pm
OA is C

This is Kaplans explaination
C fails to weaken this conclusion because it skirts the issue of academic benefit. The author has concluded that peer tutoring causes academic harm the fact that the students enjoy peer tutoring session doesn't contradict this or suggest that studenst recieve any academic benefit from them.

What the hell is this saying can someone explain?
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by scoobydooby » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:35 am
the question is which of the following weakens except, so our answer should be the one which doesnt not weaken the conclusion or has no effect on the conclusion or may be strenghthen the conclusion
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by vanessa.m » Fri May 13, 2016 1:24 am
It seems to me that the right answer is C.
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