Students with visual impairments face substantial barriers when accessing traditional printed educational materials, but converting entire curricula t...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Students with visual impairments face substantial barriers when accessing traditional printed educational materials, but converting entire curricula to accessible formats has historically been time-consuming and expensive. Dr. Michael Rodriguez and his research team have found that AI-powered text-to-speech systems combined with tactile feedback interfaces _______ a growing trend toward immediate, automated accessibility solutions in educational technology.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
investigate
resolve
exemplify
postpone
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
|---|---|
| 'Students with visual impairments face substantial barriers when accessing traditional printed educational materials' |
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| 'but converting entire curricula to accessible formats has historically been time-consuming and expensive' |
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| 'Dr. Michael Rodriguez and his research team have found that AI-powered text-to-speech systems combined with tactile feedback interfaces' |
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| [MISSING LOGICAL CONNECTOR] |
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| 'a growing trend toward immediate, automated accessibility solutions in educational technology' |
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Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: AI-powered accessibility technologies represent part of a broader trend toward immediate, automated solutions for educational accessibility.
Argument Flow: The passage establishes a problem (barriers for visually impaired students), explains why it persists (conversion is slow/expensive), then introduces a research finding about AI-powered solutions that relates to a broader trend in educational technology.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The blank needs to show how the AI-powered systems relate to the growing trend
- From our analysis, the AI systems aren't investigating the trend, resolving it, or postponing it
- Instead, they appear to be part of or represent this trend toward automated solutions
- The relationship should be that these systems serve as examples or instances of this broader trend
- So the right answer should show that the AI-powered systems represent or exemplify this growing trend
investigate
- This would mean the AI systems are studying the trend
- But the passage presents them as part of the trend, not studying it
- What trap this represents: Students might choose this because research teams do investigate things, but here the systems themselves aren't doing research
resolve
- This would mean the AI systems solve or fix the trend
- But the trend is positive (toward better solutions), so it doesn't need resolving
- The systems are part of the trend, not fixing it
exemplify
- This means the AI systems serve as examples of the trend
- Perfect fit: the systems ARE examples of immediate, automated accessibility solutions
- Matches our prethinking that they represent this broader movement
postpone
- This would mean the AI systems delay the trend
- Contradicts the logic—the systems are advancing the trend, not delaying it