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Complete Question Explanation
Strengthen. The correct answer is (C).
There is one premise here that is being used to reach one conclusion. The conclusion can be spotted by finding the conclusion indicator "thus". Here the Educator is concluding that schools should require students to take interdisciplinary courses instead of courses of individual discipline. The Educator gets to that conclusion from the premise that in daily life, it is rare to solve problems most effectively by applying knowledge from one single discipline.
The educator is making assumptions here as they're reaching the conclusion. They're assuming that something must be taught in an interdisciplinary manner in order for students to be able to apply it in that way.
It is reasonable to assume that students can learn about something in a non-interdisciplinary way and still be able to combine that knowledge on their own to solve their problems. This assumption would hurt the author's argument. Since this is a strengthen question our goal is to help the argument. When we find a weakness in the argument, we strengthen the argument by removing that weakness. In this instance, we can say that students are incapable of combining disciplines on their own.
Keeping in mind that our goal is to make the argument that schools need interdisciplinary courses better.
Answer choice (A): Whether or not common sense is necessary to solve a problem is irrelevant. The need for common sense in solving questions does not strengthen the conclusion that there is a need for interdisciplinary courses.
Answer choice (B): The teachers' effectiveness is not at issue. This answer choice would weaken the argument as it raises a reason as to why interdisciplinary courses would not be beneficial.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice because it introduces the idea that students can't combine knowledge on their own which is why schools must be the ones that help them combine knowledge.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice weakens the argument as it implies that there is no need for interdisciplinary courses because students are capable of solving problems without them.
Answer choice (E): Whether courses are designed for helping students solve problems is irrelevant. A course can still teach students how to solve problems without being designed to do so. As such it is irrelevant what the course is designed to do.
Strengthen. The correct answer is (C).
There is one premise here that is being used to reach one conclusion. The conclusion can be spotted by finding the conclusion indicator "thus". Here the Educator is concluding that schools should require students to take interdisciplinary courses instead of courses of individual discipline. The Educator gets to that conclusion from the premise that in daily life, it is rare to solve problems most effectively by applying knowledge from one single discipline.
The educator is making assumptions here as they're reaching the conclusion. They're assuming that something must be taught in an interdisciplinary manner in order for students to be able to apply it in that way.
It is reasonable to assume that students can learn about something in a non-interdisciplinary way and still be able to combine that knowledge on their own to solve their problems. This assumption would hurt the author's argument. Since this is a strengthen question our goal is to help the argument. When we find a weakness in the argument, we strengthen the argument by removing that weakness. In this instance, we can say that students are incapable of combining disciplines on their own.
Keeping in mind that our goal is to make the argument that schools need interdisciplinary courses better.
Answer choice (A): Whether or not common sense is necessary to solve a problem is irrelevant. The need for common sense in solving questions does not strengthen the conclusion that there is a need for interdisciplinary courses.
Answer choice (B): The teachers' effectiveness is not at issue. This answer choice would weaken the argument as it raises a reason as to why interdisciplinary courses would not be beneficial.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice because it introduces the idea that students can't combine knowledge on their own which is why schools must be the ones that help them combine knowledge.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice weakens the argument as it implies that there is no need for interdisciplinary courses because students are capable of solving problems without them.
Answer choice (E): Whether courses are designed for helping students solve problems is irrelevant. A course can still teach students how to solve problems without being designed to do so. As such it is irrelevant what the course is designed to do.