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Although after-school sports can improve the health and well-being of a child, over-commitment to sports activities can have an adverse affect on a child's grades. The time children spend playing sports is time not spent doing their homework and studying. Therefore, students who spend much of their time after school playing sports are at a significant disadvantage in the classroom compared with kids who do not play sports.
Which of the following statements, if true, most effectively weakens the conclusion of the argument above?
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork.
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom.
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles.
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day.
Which of the following statements, if true, most effectively weakens the conclusion of the argument above?
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork.
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom.
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles.
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day.
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15 Jul 2015, 09:45
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Although after-school sports can improve the health and well-being of a child, over-commitment to sports activities can have an adverse affect on a child's grades. The time children spend playing sports is time not spent doing their homework and studying. Therefore, students who spend much of their time after school playing sports are at a significant disadvantage in the classroom compared with kids who do not play sports.
Which of the following statements, if true, most effectively weakens the conclusion of the argument above?
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork.
Strengthens.
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom.
More along the strengthening lines. Definitely does not weaken.
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night.
Somewhat tempting, but the argument states that students who spend time playing sports are at a disadvantage compared to kids who do not play sports. We have no comparison point to the other kids, so we don't know if one hour of studying is a relatively large or small amount.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles.
Correct. This directly implies that at least some kids who do not play sports spend a significant amount of doing other activities, which eliminates the advantage that the argument puts forth.
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day.
Similar to C, we don't have a relative comparison here to the other kids.
Which of the following statements, if true, most effectively weakens the conclusion of the argument above?
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork.
Strengthens.
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom.
More along the strengthening lines. Definitely does not weaken.
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night.
Somewhat tempting, but the argument states that students who spend time playing sports are at a disadvantage compared to kids who do not play sports. We have no comparison point to the other kids, so we don't know if one hour of studying is a relatively large or small amount.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles.
Correct. This directly implies that at least some kids who do not play sports spend a significant amount of doing other activities, which eliminates the advantage that the argument puts forth.
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day.
Similar to C, we don't have a relative comparison here to the other kids.
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The argument is good, but answers are poorly constructed, please someone explain why my reasoning is flawed.
The conclusion: students who spend much of their time after school playing sports are at a significant disadvantage in the classroom compared with kids who do not play sports
Pre-thinking:
In order to weaken the argument we must show that the kids who don't do sports:
1. Spent time after-school doing other activities but sport
2. Kids who do sports spent the same time on homework as other kids
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork. - Commitment has nothing to do with argument, thus Out of Scope
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom. - strengthen
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night. - could be BE, but we know nothing to other kids who don't do sports. They might spent 1 hour as well or more.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles. - SOME, it could be 1% of KIDS who do not play sports or 99%. So let's imagine we have a class of 100 students, 20 of them do sports, 80 don't. Out of those 80, let's take it to extremes:
1 kid participates in other activities - does this weaken the argument? NO, cause 1 kid doesnt represent majority. Cause 79 kids might spend time doing homework.
79 kids participate - this does weaken.
But testing extreme didn't provide solid answer.
I would agree with this answer, if it stated:
ALL
Majority
or Simply KIDS
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day. - OFS, cause we don't care about program length
The conclusion: students who spend much of their time after school playing sports are at a significant disadvantage in the classroom compared with kids who do not play sports
Pre-thinking:
In order to weaken the argument we must show that the kids who don't do sports:
1. Spent time after-school doing other activities but sport
2. Kids who do sports spent the same time on homework as other kids
A) Many student athletes have stated that they find it difficult to find a balance between their commitment to their sports team and their commitment to schoolwork. - Commitment has nothing to do with argument, thus Out of Scope
B) The skills learned through playing sports, such as teamwork and dedication are not always directly transferable to the classroom. - strengthen
C) A recent survey showed that kids who play sports after school spend at least one hour studying each night. - could be BE, but we know nothing to other kids who don't do sports. They might spent 1 hour as well or more.
D) Some kids who do not play sports participate in other time-intensive after-school activities such as plays, choirs and dance ensembles. - SOME, it could be 1% of KIDS who do not play sports or 99%. So let's imagine we have a class of 100 students, 20 of them do sports, 80 don't. Out of those 80, let's take it to extremes:
1 kid participates in other activities - does this weaken the argument? NO, cause 1 kid doesnt represent majority. Cause 79 kids might spend time doing homework.
79 kids participate - this does weaken.
But testing extreme didn't provide solid answer.
I would agree with this answer, if it stated:
ALL
Majority
or Simply KIDS
E) Most after-school sports programs require only two hours of practice per day. - OFS, cause we don't care about program length
