agrasan wrote:
PUNEETSCHDV wrote:
The local board of education found that, because the current physics curriculum has little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted few high school students. So to attract students to physics classes, the board proposed a curriculum that emphasizes principles of physics involved in producing and analyzing visual images.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that the proposed curriculum will be successful in attracting students?
(A) Several of the fundamental principles of physics are involved in producing and analyzing visual images.
(B) Knowledge of physics is becoming increasingly important in understanding the technology used in today’s world.
(C) Equipment that a large producer of photographic equipment has donated to the high school could be used in the proposed curriculum.
(D) The number of students interested in physics today is much lower than the number of students interested in physics 50 years ago.
(E) In today’s world the production and analysis of visual images is of major importance in communications, business, and recreation.
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nightblade354 egmatI am a bit confused with option B, did we eliminate it because it is talking about
"knowledge of physics" instead of
"curriculum of physics"? I thought this was a reason because the argument talks about the
relevance of the curriculum of physics.
Also, if revised option B was
"Curriculum of physics is becoming increasingly important in understanding the technology used in today’s world.", would option B have been correct? Let's assume the correct answer option E was not given with revised option B.The passage starts off by introducing a problem: the kids these days don't want to learn physics. Why? Because "the current physics curriculum has little direct relevance to today’s world."
To solve this issue, the school board has proposed a new curriculum. This proposed curriculum "emphasizes principles of physics involved in producing and analyzing visual images."
We're looking for a reason to expect that the "proposed curriculum" will attract students. Why is this exact plan a good one?
Here's (B):
Quote:
(B) Knowledge of physics is becoming increasingly important in understanding the technology used in today’s world.
(B) talks about knowledge of physics
in general. Sure, physics is important for understanding technology -- but how does this tie in with the proposed curriculum? Does this new curriculum include the important stuff mentioned in (B)? We have absolutely no idea.
As for your proposed rewrite: it is rarely worth it to change the language of answer choices, because that's a distraction from the task of evaluating the options that you've been given. However, one note on your rewrite is that you'd really have to distinguish WHICH curriculum you're talking about. The passage discusses the "current curriculum" and a "proposed curriculum." We need to know specifically that the proposed curriculum is relevant, and will therefore attract students.
That's exactly what we get with (E), so (E) is the correct answer.
I hope that helps!