Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on instruments and maths
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Learning an instrument improves children's maths scores, a study of 300 pupils found.
Text 2
The pupils who took up instruments in that study came from families that could afford lessons, and those families also paid for maths tutoring.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By pointing out a factor other than the instrument that could explain the higher scores.Correct
- B. By agreeing that instruments improve maths.
- C. By arguing that tutoring is useless.
- D. By denying that the study had 300 pupils.
Answer: A. By pointing out a factor other than the instrument that could explain the higher scores.
Tutoring, not music.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that instruments improve maths.
- Text 2 questions the link.
- C. By arguing that tutoring is useless.
- Text 2 suggests tutoring may explain the scores.
- D. By denying that the study had 300 pupils.
- The size is not disputed.
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