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Information and Ideas practice question
A teacher argues that pupils learn spelling better by writing words than by reading them.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. In a class experiment, pupils who copied each new word three times scored 30 percent higher on a spelling test than pupils who read the same words three times.Correct
- B. Most pupils prefer reading to writing.
- C. The class has a spelling test every Friday.
- D. Writing takes longer than reading.
Answer: A. In a class experiment, pupils who copied each new word three times scored 30 percent higher on a spelling test than pupils who read the same words three times.
A direct comparison of the two methods.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Most pupils prefer reading to writing.
- Preference is not learning.
- C. The class has a spelling test every Friday.
- A schedule.
- D. Writing takes longer than reading.
- Time is not learning.
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