Question
Certain educators propose turning the STEM program into a STEAM program by adding art to the core curriculum and teaching it as an academic subject. These educators want to enhance the effectiveness of the original STEM plan and balance the curriculum. By adding A to the acronym, they intend to prioritize the arts along with the sciences. A typical STEAM program may now include the following: music, dance, theater, and the visual arts. The arts are taught with the same academic rigor and assessed by the same standards as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Which assumption made in the passage contributes to circular reasoning?
(1 point)
Responses
that art is taught as an academic subject
that art is taught as an academic subject - no response given
that engineering and mathematics have the same rigor
that engineering and mathematics have the same rigor - no response given
that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced
that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced - no response given
that STEAM necessarily includes dance and theater
(1 point)
Responses
that art is taught as an academic subject
that art is taught as an academic subject - no response given
that engineering and mathematics have the same rigor
that engineering and mathematics have the same rigor - no response given
that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced
that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced - no response given
that STEAM necessarily includes dance and theater
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The assumption made in the passage that contributes to circular reasoning is:
**that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced.**
This assumption implies that the inclusion of arts (A) is necessary to create a balanced curriculum. However, the reasoning behind the need to add art is based on the assertion that the existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced, which relies on the very conclusion (that a balance is needed) that the argument is trying to establish.
**that existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced.**
This assumption implies that the inclusion of arts (A) is necessary to create a balanced curriculum. However, the reasoning behind the need to add art is based on the assertion that the existing STEM curriculum is unbalanced, which relies on the very conclusion (that a balance is needed) that the argument is trying to establish.