Question

Read the sample student claim and counterclaim. Claim: Although many argue that homework plays a vital role in the educational process, the negative aspects of homework far surpass the potential benefits. Counterclaim: Homework helps students develop valuable skills, such as independent learning, needed for college and the workplace. What evidence would most weaken the counterclaim presented here? One generally accepted rule of thumb is that students should do ten minutes of homework per night for each grade level. Countless studies have shown that many students find homework to be boring, tiring, stressful, and frustrating. The time required to grade homework is yet another task that diverts a teacher’s attention from actually teaching. It is nearly impossible to know if the completed homework actually belongs to the student or has been copied from another.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is D. It is nearly impossible to know if the completed homework actually belongs to the student or has been copied from another

Explanation:

The main point in the counterclaim is that doing homework help students develop specific skills as independent learning and those skills can be used in future educational or job contexts. However, if students do not do homework by themselves and just copy it, they would not practice those skills and thus homework is not valuable as stated in option B. In this way, option D which is students might not do homework by themselves contradicts the main point of the counterclaim which is students will develop important skills when doing homework, because of this D is the correct answer.

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