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Complete Question Explanation
Strengthen—FIB. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, a consultant makes a recommendation concerning how the Grodex Corporation should train its workers. There are innovative educational methods used to teach children to think more creatively. These methods work for children, but with the tradeoff that the children become less capable of memorizing large amounts of information.
The jobs at Grodex require creative thinking, but not a strong ability to memorize. Based on this, the consultant concludes that Grodex “should probably conduct its employee-training seminars using the innovative methods.” However, there is a problem with this conclusion.
Essentially, the consultant assumes training is training, regardless of whether the student is a child or an adult employee at the Grodex Corporation. But we do not know that is the case. It seems reasonable to think there would be significant differences between teaching a child the things that a child learns, and teaching an employee something work-related. This assumption about the effectiveness of the innovative educational methods in the corporate training setting is a weakness in the argument.
The question stem indicates that this is a Strengthen question. The task is to select that answer choice that best fills the blank in the stimulus following the word “because.” Our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will tell us that the same educational technique that works with children will work with employee training as well.
Answer choice (A): The past education of the Grodex employees is not at issue. The evidence we need to support the conclusion is that the same, innovative methods used with the children will also work with the Grodex employees.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice sets up a comparison between companies that use some innovative educational methods and those that conduct no training seminars at all. The issue here is whether Grodex should use certain educational methods as opposed to other educational methods.
Answer choice (C): The percentage of employees that regularly attend the company’s training seminars does not support or hurt the conclusion about which type of educational method the company should use.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, because it explicitly provides what the consultant assumed, that if an educational method helps children to think more creatively, then it will probably help adults think more creatively as well.
Answer choice (E): The Grodex employees do not have a strong need to memorize information, and there is no indication that they have any deficiencies in memorization. This answer choice is irrelevant to the conclusion.
Strengthen—FIB. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, a consultant makes a recommendation concerning how the Grodex Corporation should train its workers. There are innovative educational methods used to teach children to think more creatively. These methods work for children, but with the tradeoff that the children become less capable of memorizing large amounts of information.
The jobs at Grodex require creative thinking, but not a strong ability to memorize. Based on this, the consultant concludes that Grodex “should probably conduct its employee-training seminars using the innovative methods.” However, there is a problem with this conclusion.
Essentially, the consultant assumes training is training, regardless of whether the student is a child or an adult employee at the Grodex Corporation. But we do not know that is the case. It seems reasonable to think there would be significant differences between teaching a child the things that a child learns, and teaching an employee something work-related. This assumption about the effectiveness of the innovative educational methods in the corporate training setting is a weakness in the argument.
The question stem indicates that this is a Strengthen question. The task is to select that answer choice that best fills the blank in the stimulus following the word “because.” Our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will tell us that the same educational technique that works with children will work with employee training as well.
Answer choice (A): The past education of the Grodex employees is not at issue. The evidence we need to support the conclusion is that the same, innovative methods used with the children will also work with the Grodex employees.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice sets up a comparison between companies that use some innovative educational methods and those that conduct no training seminars at all. The issue here is whether Grodex should use certain educational methods as opposed to other educational methods.
Answer choice (C): The percentage of employees that regularly attend the company’s training seminars does not support or hurt the conclusion about which type of educational method the company should use.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, because it explicitly provides what the consultant assumed, that if an educational method helps children to think more creatively, then it will probably help adults think more creatively as well.
Answer choice (E): The Grodex employees do not have a strong need to memorize information, and there is no indication that they have any deficiencies in memorization. This answer choice is irrelevant to the conclusion.
