{"id":509,"date":"2016-04-28T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/?p=509"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:19:37","slug":"praxis-core-reading-integration-of-knowledge-and-ideas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-integration-of-knowledge-and-ideas-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Praxis Core Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn today\u2019s post, we\u2019ll look at a very challenging aspect of Praxis Core Reading: the integration of knowledge and ideas. This class of Core Reading question is described on page 7 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ets.org\/s\/praxis\/pdf\/5712.pdf\">ETS\u2019s official Core Reading Study Companion<\/a>. \u201cIntegration\u201d questions ask test-takers to read a passage very deeply, recognizing complex aspects of writing such as author intent and argument validity.<\/p>\n<p>The two most common types of Core Reading questions in this category are <em>strengthen\/weaken<\/em> questions and <em>function-of-information<\/em> questions.<\/p>\n<p>In strengthen\/weaken questions, you\u2019ll be given new pieces of information that could be added to the passage. From there, you\u2019ll need to select the piece of information that either most weakens or most strengthens a claim or argument made in the reading.<\/p>\n<p>The other \u201cintegration\u201d question type focuses on the smaller details with the passage\u2019s written structure. Function-of-information questions ask about what a passage accomplishes. They are similar to the <em>primary purpose<\/em> type of <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-key-idea-practice-questions\/\">key idea question<\/a> in Praxis Core Reading. The major difference is that function-of-information questions ask you to identify the specific purpose of one detail in relation to other parts of the passage, while primary purpose questions simply ask for the general reason that a passage was written.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we\u2019ll look at a typical Praxis Core Reading passage, used previously in <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-structure-practice-questions\/\">other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-language-practice-questions\/\">reading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-key-idea-practice-questions\/\">practice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-core-reading-detail-practice-questions\/\">posts<\/a> on this blog. From there, I\u2019ll give you three Praxis Core Reading practice questions based on the passage. This short question set will allow you to practice the main types of \u201cintegration\u201d questions I described above.<\/p>\n<h2>Passage<\/h2>\n<p>Daylight Saving\u2019s Time (DST), was originally introduced in the nineteenth century. The goal of DST was to save money on lighting costs by changing the clocks so that workers always labored during daylight hours. At its inception, DST was an answer to the world\u2019s newfound need for punctuality and efficiency. Today, however, many problems arise from this practice of moving timetables an hour forward in the spring and an hour back in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>In twenty-first century commuting situations, this policy can cause traffic accidents. The University of Colorado-Boulder found that car accidents spike in late March, after clocks are set one hour forward for spring Daylight Savings Time. The reason appears to be poor sleep. Hard working commuters have trouble recovering from the lost hour of sleep that comes with the time change, and they are less alert as they drive to work.<\/p>\n<p>DST practices can also lead to scheduling problems for multinational companies. Not all countries observe Daylight Savings Time. As a result, the time differences between international business offices is not consistent over the course of a year. For example, Lima has the same clock time as Chicago from March to November. But from December through February, it is one hour later in Peru than it is in Illinois. These differences create a lot of confusion. Missed phone appointments and hastily rescheduled conference calls are very common when some parts of the world make a DST clock change while other parts do not.<\/p>\n<h2>Praxis Core Reading practice: strengthen question<\/h2>\n<ul>Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument presented in the passage?\n<\/ul>\n<ul>A) There are a number of causes for springtime car accidents.<\/ul>\n<ul>B) Peru is considering adopting Daylight Savings Time.<\/ul>\n<ul>C) Lack of sleep among workers is especially common in certain industries.<\/ul>\n<ul>D) International calling services offer discounts between March and November.<\/ul>\n<ul>E) Most workers in the 1800s took public transportation to work or walked.<\/ul>\n<h2>\nPraxis Core Reading practice: weaken question<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>Which of the following, if true, would suggest an alternative to the author\u2019s argument in paragraph 2?<\/ul>\n<ul>A) In late March, the United States experiences hazardous weather conditions which cause an increase in car accidents.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>B) Commuters who feel overly tired sometimes drink coffee once they arrive at work.<\/ul>\n<ul>C) After Daylight Savings Time, workers from Illinois are more likely to miss appointments than workers from Peru.<\/ul>\n<ul>D) Britain, the United States, and New Zealand were the first countries to observe Daylight Savings Time in the nineteenth century.<\/ul>\n<ul>E) Because it is in the southern hemisphere, Australia makes its spring DST time change at the same time that America changes its clocks for fall.<\/ul>\n<h2>\nPraxis Core Reading practice: function-of-information question<\/h2>\n<ul>The author mentions teleconference calling primarily to:<\/ul>\n<ul>A) suggest its superiority over other forms of business communication<\/ul>\n<ul>B) highlight a common modern business practice that is affected by Daylight Savings Time<\/ul>\n<ul>C) compare and contrast different cultural preferences for conducting meetings<\/ul>\n<ul>D) draw attention to a largely discredited belief about multinational companies<\/ul>\n<ul>E) point out that phone appointments and teleconferences work differently<\/ul>\n<h2>Answer key<\/h2>\n<ul>\n1) E<\/ul>\n<ul>\n2) A<\/ul>\n<ul>\n3) B<\/ul>\n<h2>Integrating visual information<\/h2>\n<p>As I mentioned, the strengthen\/weaken questions and function-of-information questions are the two most common question types in the \u201cintegration of knowledge and ideas\u201d category. <\/p>\n<p>There is also one less common question type in core reading that is related to the integration of knowledge and ideas. On Praxis Core Reading, you will sometimes be asked to integrate visual information with written information. 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