Educator: Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic

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Educator: Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn about that topic. They find the satisfaction of their curiosity intrinsically gratifying, and appreciate the inherent rewards of the learning process itself. However, almost no child enters the classroom with sufficient curiosity to learn successfully all that the teacher must instill. A teacher’s job, therefore, _______.

Which one of the following most logically completes the educator’s argument?

Which one of the following most logically completes the educator’s argument?

(A) requires for the fulfillment of its goals the stimulation as well as the satisfaction of curiosity
(B) necessitates the creative use of rewards that are not inherent in the learning process itself
(C) is to focus primarily on those topics that do not initially interest the students
(D) is facilitated by students’ taking responsibility for their own learning
(E) becomes easier if students realize that some learning is not necessarily enjoyable

minustark · Answer

So, Answer is A.

auradediligodo · Answer

Hi everyone,

Inference question

From the argument we can infer that if the teacher can enhance the curiosity of the student then the learning experience will be enhanced as well. 
Actually this inference is what   option A   tells us and thus it is correct.

Option B: wrong because rewards come from curiosity.
OptionC: wrong because students if not curios are not going to learn much
Option D: we don't know what responsibility means
Option E: out of scope

Heix · Answer

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MartyMurray

MartyMurray · Answer

Educator: Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn about that topic. They find the satisfaction of their curiosity intrinsically gratifying, and appreciate the inherent rewards of the learning process itself. However, almost no child enters the classroom with sufficient curiosity to learn successfully all that the teacher must instill. A teacher’s job, therefore, _______.

Which one of the following most logically completes the educator’s argument?

Which one of the following most logically completes the educator’s argument?

Key to answering a Complete the Passage question is determining what role the correct answer must play and how it must relate to parts of the passage.

In this case, the word "therefore" signals that the correct answer must follow from the sentences in the passage that precede the last sentence. In other words, the correct answer must make sense in the context of all the facts presented.

So, the correct answer won't be something that is simply logically something that a teacher's job would be. It must be something that a teacher's job would be because of the facts presented by the earlier statements.

(A) requires for the fulfillment of its goals the stimulation as well as the satisfaction of curiosity

This choice follows from what's said by the passage as a whole.

After all, if it's true that, as the passage says, "Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn ...," and "almost no child enters the classroom with sufficient curiosity to learn successfully ...," then it follows that, for a teacher to teach successfully, the teacher must stimulate curiosity, in addition to satisfying it.

Simply put, if students need to be curious to learn but are not sufficiently curious when they enter the classroom, then it makes sense that a teacher must stimulate curiosity.

Keep.

(B) necessitates the creative use of rewards that are not inherent in the learning process itself

This choice to an extent conflicts with rather than follows from the statements in the passage.

After all, the passage has stated as fact that "Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn ...," and "almost no child enters the classroom with sufficient curiosity to learn successfully ...."

In that case, "creative use of rewards that are not inherent in the learning process itself" may not be helpful because, even if teachers do so, students still cannot successfully learn if they are not curious.

Eliminate.

(C) is to focus primarily on those topics that do not initially interest the students

This choice to an extent conflicts with rather than follows from the statements in the passage.

After all, it does not make sense to "focus primarily on those topics that do not initially interest the students" if "Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn about that topic."

Eliminate.

(D) is facilitated by students’ taking responsibility for their own learning

This choice does not follow from what the passage says.

After all, the fact that "Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn about that topic," does not mean that "a teacher's job ... is facilitated by students’ taking responsibility for their own learning."

Those two ideas are not directly related.

Eliminate.

(E) becomes easier if students realize that some learning is not necessarily enjoyable

This choice to an extent conflicts with rather than follows from the statements in the passage.

After all, the passage has stated as fact that "Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic can successfully learn about that topic."

In that case, realizing that learning some learning is not necessarily enjoyable may not be helpful because, even if students do so, they still cannot successfully learn if they are not curious.

Eliminate.

Correct answer:   A

Educator: Only those students who are genuinely curious about a topic

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