How does the mechanical teacher’s slot-based evaluation change education?
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Correct answer: It makes evaluation quick but mechanical
The mechanical teacher receives Margie’s answers through a slot and assesses them immediately. This makes evaluation fast, regular, and convenient, but it also reduces assessment to an impersonal technical process. The machine can identify whether an answer matches the expected response, yet it does not create friendship, classroom conversation, or the sensitive encouragement that a human teacher may offer. Therefore option B accurately includes both the advantage of speed and the limitation of mechanization. Option A concerns emotional friendship, C concerns social interaction, and D incorrectly suggests that technology restores the old school system.
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It makes evaluation quick but mechanical
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The mechanical teacher receives Margie’s answers through a slot and assesses them immediately. This makes evaluation fast, regular, and convenient, but it also reduces assessment to an impersonal technical process. The machine can identify whether an answer matches the expected response, yet it does not create friendship, classroom conversation, or the sensitive encouragement that a human teacher may offer. Therefore option B accurately includes both the advantage of speed and the limitation of mechanization. Option A concerns emotional friendship, C concerns social interaction, and D incorrectly suggests that technology restores the old school system.
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This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: The Fun They Had. Topic: impact of technology.
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