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ID: SAT-RW-II-042
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Information and Ideas
Topic: Inferences
Difficulty level: Easy

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Maria Mitchell, who in 1847 discovered a comet and later became the first professor of astronomy at Vassar College, ran her classroom in a way that was unusual for her time. Rather than have students memorize the conclusions printed in astronomy textbooks, she brought them to the observatory and had them measure the positions of stars and planets for themselves, night after night. She wanted them to weigh what the books asserted against what the sky actually showed, and to treat their own careful observations as the real test of an idea.

Which choice is most strongly supported by the text?

AMitchell believed that astronomy textbooks had no useful place in a student’s education.

BMitchell trained her students to accept established astronomical conclusions before making observations of their own.

CMitchell valued firsthand observation over conclusions accepted simply because a textbook stated them.

DMitchell’s chief aim as a teacher was to help her students discover new comets of their own.

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