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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A study found that students who took handwritten notes in lectures scored higher on a later test than students who typed their notes, and concluded that handwriting aids memory. Text 2 A second team repeated the study but told the typing students not to transcribe the lecture word for word. With that instruction, the typists' scores matched the handwriters'. The team suggested that what matters is processing the material, not the writing tool.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts the finding of Text 1 but offers a different explanation for it.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 shows that the finding of Text 1 could not be reproduced at all.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that typing notes is better than handwriting them.
  4. D. Text 2 confirms that handwriting itself aids memory.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the finding of Text 1 but offers a different explanation for it.

Text 2 got the same result under the original conditions and then showed the gap vanishes when typists stop transcribing — so the cause is processing, not the pen.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 shows that the finding of Text 1 could not be reproduced at all.
The original gap did appear in Text 2's repeat; it disappeared only with the new instruction.
C. Text 2 argues that typing notes is better than handwriting them.
Text 2 found the two groups equal, not typing superior.
D. Text 2 confirms that handwriting itself aids memory.
Text 2's explanation replaces the 'handwriting itself' explanation.

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