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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.




 


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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   25 Dec 2021, 08:00
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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.






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Mind-map: Teachers are asked to seek students’ opinions --> low teacher morale --> teachers show feigned interest --> students can identify feigned interest --> the initiatives will likely fail to motivate students (implicit conclusion)

Missing-link: Between all the facts mentioned and the conclusion that the initiative will likely fail to motivate students

Expectation from the correct answer choice: To strengthen the conclusion that the initiative will likely fail to motivate students, through a valid assumption

A. This statement suggests that “teachers are regularly inquiring about students’ opinions” but does not relate to the issue of “genuine” or “fake” interest, and so this statement is just additional detail and does not strengthen the argument. Besides, this condition is not necessary for the argument to hold and thus, is not a valid assumption. Because this answer choice does not strengthen the conclusion through a valid assumption, this answer choice is incorrect.

B. Trap. The argument is concerned with what happens “after” the questions initiative is launched in “a particular school”, and not with what happened in “other” schools “before” such initiatives were launched; so, this statement is irrelevant to the argument and its conclusion. Besides, this condition is not necessary for the argument to hold and thus, is not a valid assumption. Because this answer choice does not strengthen the conclusion through a valid assumption, this answer choice is incorrect.

C. Trap. This answer choice is concerned with the effect of “question initiatives” whereas the argument is about the likely failure of the initiative; thus, this answer choice, although relevant to the broad context of the argument, has no bearing on the reasoning or its conclusion. Besides, this condition is not necessary for the argument to hold and thus, is not a valid assumption. Because this answer choice does not strengthen the conclusion through a valid assumption, this answer choice is incorrect.

D. Correct. If the idea that “feigned interest generates no better/stronger feeling in students than that generated by other behaviors of teachers with low morale” is connected to the premise “feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students”, it suggests that other behaviors of teachers with low morale prompt “equally strong feelings” in students, and strengthens the conclusion that “the initiatives will likely fail to motivate students”. Additionally, this statement does have to be true for the conclusion to hold; negating this statement would mean that feigned interest generates “better/stronger feelings” in students than that generated by other behaviors of teachers with low morale and thus, negate the conclusion. Because this answer choice strengthens the conclusion through a valid assumption, this answer choice is correct.

E. Trap. The argument is concerned with students’ responses to “feigned interests”, and not with students’ responses to “genuine interest”; so, this statement is irrelevant to the argument and its conclusion. Besides, this condition is not necessary for the argument to hold and thus, is not a valid assumption. Because this answer choice does not strengthen the conclusion through a valid assumption, this answer choice is incorrect.

D is the best choice.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:28
To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?

the arg assumes the students can express negative feelings only to feigned interests and nothing else



(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
weakener

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
we are not concerned about what happened before launch

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
might be true but not effecting conclusion it is not feelings teachers generate in students but feelings they express

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
other feelings are irrelavant out of scope

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:28
Premise:
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> To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues.
> These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason, they have to enforce these practices.
> research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students.


Conclusion:
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it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.


Assumptions are nothing but invisible bridges between the premise and the conclusion. It's like an unsaid premise that plugs in the holes in reasoning. Here, there's no connection between low teacher morale and feigned interest - we don't know whether the teachers' interests are feigned or genuine. All we know is that the teacher morale is low. So, if we can establish a link between these two entities, I think our conclusion will work just fine.

Let's look at the options now:

Quote:
(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

If it's successful, then it weakens the conclusion instead of bridging the gap in reasoning. Eliminate option A.

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(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

This option does not establish a link between the low teacher morale and lack of genuine interest. It just talks about the fact that the teachers haven't shown any genuine interest in the past. But we don't know whether they are going to show it in the future. We can keep option B for now, although it doesn't really help us.

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(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

This passes the onus onto the students and is thus out of scope.

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(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

This option connects the two entities and bridges the gap in reasoning. Option D is clearly better than option B. Eliminate B and hold on to option D.

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(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.

This rather weakens the conclusion and thus can't be an assumption.

Hence, option D is the answer.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:31
To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?

Conclusion: it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.
What goal? to foster students motivation levels
Why it wont work? Student can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in
students.

Assumption: what must be true for the conclusion to be true.


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues. not an assumption

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched. this if any support the conclusion

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education. irrelevant

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express. correct

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher. irrelevant
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:31
(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher. - Correct
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:45
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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.




 


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Premise:
a) To foster student motivation level a program has been launched in several high schools.
b) These schools have low teacher morale and that's why the program needs to be forced.
c) Students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students.

Conclusion:
It is unlikely that the “question initiatives”(program) will achieve it's goal. i.e students won't be motivated.

So under what condition program will meet it's goal given that - conditions of the premise.

1) What if by becoming a part of the program teacher actually starts enjoying it and thus starts developing genuine interest.
2) What if there are other perks that the program brings to the plate that actually make the students motivated as a result negating the effect of teacher morale regarding the program.

With this in mind let's evaluate the options:

(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
It's just the opposite of the conclusion we have and doing that doesn't make it an assumption.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
It's a finding that has already been stated in the premise. An assumption needs to be an unstated statement.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
In line with our pre-thinking approach also negating this statement
The feelings that teachers generate in their students are not a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
breaks the conclusion.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
This option is not falling in our thinking structure + it's extra information that has nothing to do with the conclusion.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
Same as D
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:48
conclusion :
These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices

IC : However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

use negation to find assumption :



(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely 'not been' successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
does not break conclusion

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, all of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
breaks the conclusion ; correct

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education. we are not discussing about the impact on education ; insufficient


(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express. irrelevant

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher. ; same as d

OPTION B is correct




Bunuel wrote:
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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.




 


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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:49
(A) This is not an assumption as it need not be true for the conclusion to hold.

(B) This fits the assumption as if the inverse is true the conclusion and argument doesn't hold.

(C) Irrelevant and out of scope

(D) The statement or its inverse doesn't impact the conclusion or the argument.

(E) Reacting negatively is again out of scope and relevance.

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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?

Conclusion is - "Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal."


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
This is irrelevant as we are not concerned about the success of "question initiatives"


(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

Teacher's interest is irrelevant

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
Out of scope . Feelings does not matter

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
This is the correct answer if we negate this option
"Students' feelings about feigned interest are better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express" Then authors conclusion will break
Hence this is the correct answer

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
Again Irrelevant

Answer is D
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:52
To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument: Question initiatives are unlikely to reach their goal, because studies show that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students, and teachers in the schools with these initiatives typically have low morale.

Assumptions I can think of:
The teachers issuing the question initiatives have low morale (not just teachers in the school in general)
Low morale in teachers translates to feigned interest
Negative feelings do not foster students' motivation level

(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
-> This is not an assumption that is being made

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
-> If none of the teachers expressed genuine interest (possibly due to low morale), then this would prompt negative feelings in the students. This seems like a solid option.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
-> The argument isn't about the engagement of students, only their levels of motivation

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
-> This is not assumed in the argument

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
-> This may somewhat strengthen the argument, but it is not an assumption

B seems to be the correct choice
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:52
(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
This doesn't support the argument. it is against the argument

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
Extreme - word flag ' none'
(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
This is the correct assumption

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
Irrelevant

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
Irrelevant

Answer is C
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 07:59
Premise: To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices.

Counter-premise: However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students.

Conclusion: Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


Quote:
(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

The sentence does not affect the conclusion of the argument.
The sentence is not concerned with feelings of the students generated by interest shown by the teachers.
Incorrect

Quote:
(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

We are not concerned with the events before the initiatives were launched.
Use of superlative none is also incorrect
Incorrect

Quote:
(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

If the statement is negated, the conclusion falls apart.
If the feelings that teachers generate in their students are NOT a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education, then it is likely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal since the students are indifferent to the feelings teachers generate in them.
Correct

Quote:
(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

The conclusion is not affected by other behaviours teachers with low morale are likely to express. Therefore, the comparison is useless.
Incorrect

Quote:
(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.

Even if students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher, we are more concerned with the feelings of the students to an expression of feigned interest.
Incorrect.

IMO C
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:05
Bunuel wrote:

To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.


Conclusion
The “question initiatives” will not achieve its goal

Goal:
Boost teacher morale

Why wouldn't the initiative achieve its goal?
Students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest .

Drawing assumptions : (without looking at the options)
Teachers will ask about their students’ opinions with little to no genuine interest.

A)
mentions that the initiative is
successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions
Weakens the conclusion

B)
Very close to assumption stated above.
If teachers didn't show genuine interest earlier --.> It is likely to continue

C)
Out of scope

D)
Students feelings about
feigned interest <= other behaviours of teachers with low morale

If it would have been:
Students feelings about
genuine interest <= other behaviours of teachers with low morale

This might have been a correct assumption

E)
Weakens the conclusion
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:12
IMO B

(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
If the question initiatives are successful then the initiative is likely to achieve its goal. Opposite to what is given.
(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
Correct. If None of the teachers expressed genuine interests in their students' opinion then the students can identify teacher's feigned interest interest and hence the initiative is likely to fail.
(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
If the Feelings that teachers generate are not a principal determinant then the argument is not affected. It should have broken the argument.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
Comparison with Other behaviors is irrelevant.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
Let's say they react neutrally or negatively to the genuine interest, still the initiative is likely to fail because it depends on the feigned interest too. Hence it doesn't break our conclusion.
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:13
Answer is C
To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.Irrelevant

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.This is stated in the argument thatthese schools typically have low teacher morale Thus, this is not an assumption it relies

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.Correct Answer. This is exactly what we need

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.Tempting but quite the opposite.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.Misleading
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:20
Conclusion : It is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will be able to foster student's motivation levels.

The reason the author believes this would occur is because students would be able to distinguish genuine interest from feigned interest. As the teachers are themselves low on morale and hence would not generate interest in “question initiatives”.

(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

This option doesn't provide any basis to indicate that the “question initiatives” will achieve its goal. Even if the schools have not been successful in teaches getting to regularly inquire about their student's opinion on important issues, the goal to foster student's motivation levels remain unachieved.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

This is the correct assumption. The author assumes that there were no teacher who had expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched. If there are some teachers who continue to express genuine opinion then the “question initiatives” will achieve the goal.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

The issue at hand is to foster the student motivation level. Hence, this is a distortion.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

Out of scope

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.

This is an incorrect assumption.

IMO B
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:37
Information:
1. Question initiative launched by several high schools to foster students' motivation
2. These schools have low teacher morale and they have to enforce these practices

Premise:
1. Students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest.
2. Feigned interest prompts -ve feelings in students.

Conclusion: Question initiative will not achieve its goal.

Question type: Assumption

Pre-thinking: feigned interest prompts -ve feeling


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues..............................................The motive of question initiative was to foster motivation among students. Not just to get their opinions. It is not addressing the gap between premise & conclusion. Reject it.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched..................We don't know about that. Out of scope. Reject it.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education..............................This fills that gap between the premise and conclusion. If teachers generate -ve feelings then we can say that students will not be engaged. students' feelings generated by teachers are determining the outcome of the plan. Keep it.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express...............................if we negate the option, it doesn't destroy the conclusion. if students feelings about feigned interest are better than other behaviors then how is it filling the gap between the premise and conclusion that -ve feelings among students will lead the plan to be unsuccessful. reject it.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher...................We can't say this with 100% confidence. Students may or may not react -vely to an expression of genuine interest. Reject this option.


IMO OA should be C option
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:41
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To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.




 


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Answer C

Conclusion: The “question initiatives” is unlikely to motivate the students

Analysing the answer choices:

(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues. This weakens the conclusion

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched. Why are we comparing this to other schools?

(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education. CORRECT

(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express. We are not concerned with other behaviors

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher. Students reaction to genuine interest is irrelevant, we are interested in students reaction to feigned interest
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Re: 12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 11: To foster students’ mo [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2021, 08:42
To foster students’ motivation levels, several high schools have introduced “question initiatives”, requiring teachers to regularly ask about their students’ opinions on important issues. These schools typically have low teacher morale, and for this reason they have to enforce these practices. However, research shows that students can distinguish between feigned interest and genuine interest and that feigned interest prompts negative feelings in students. Thus, it is unlikely that the “question initiatives” will achieve their goal.

The argument relies on which of the following as an assumption?


(A) The question initiatives have been almost completely successful in getting teachers to regularly inquire about their students’ opinions on important issues.
Yes, In other words this question says the condition mentioned in the argument actually happens

(B) At the high schools that have launched the question initiatives, none of the teachers expressed genuine interest in their students’ opinions on important issues before the initiatives were launched.
Too extreme


(C) The feelings that teachers generate in their students are a principal determinant of how engaged the students will be with their education.
No need that feelings should be principal determinant


(D) Students' feelings about feigned interest are no better than their feelings about the other behaviors teachers with low morale are likely to express.
Comparison is not necessary

(E) Students rarely, if ever, react negatively to an expression of genuine interest in their opinions on important issues from a teacher.
Irrelevant



(A) is correct IMO
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