Craft and StructureEasyAgreement about a finding
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Pupils learn spelling better by writing words by hand than by typing them, argues teacher Rosa Quinn from her classroom experience.
Text 2
In a controlled study, children who practised new words by hand recalled 20% more of them a week later than children who practised on a keyboard.
Based on the texts, Quinn and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Writing words by hand helps children learn them better than typing does.Correct
- B. Keyboards should be banned from schools.
- C. Spelling is unimportant.
- D. Children prefer typing.
Answer: A. Writing words by hand helps children learn them better than typing does.
Quinn's experience and the study's result point the same way.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Keyboards should be banned from schools.
- Neither text proposes a ban.
- C. Spelling is unimportant.
- Both texts treat spelling as worth learning.
- D. Children prefer typing.
- Preference is not discussed.
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