How did teachers contribute to the concern about the game’s impact?

2025

How did teachers contribute to the concern about the game’s impact?

  1. A.

    They partnered with the company to create school-safe gaming tools.

  2. B.

    They observed and reported a consistent decline in student behavior and academic performance.

  3. C.

    They welcomed the game, saying it helped students with teamwork.

  4. D.

    They banned the use of computers in classrooms due to gaming.

  5. E.

    They noticed students becoming physically stronger due to eye-hand coordination practice.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Concept

In a reading-comprehension item, to "contribute to a concern" about something means to supply evidence or an observation that points to the harmful effect being worried about. The right choice is the response that reports an observed negative outcome; choices describing neutral, positive, or unrelated behaviour cannot be what fuels a concern.

Application

The passage states that teachers noticed falling grades, a decline in participation, and a visible drop in discipline. Reframed, this is teachers observing and reporting a consistent decline in student behaviour and academic performance — a first-hand account of harm, which is exactly what feeds the worry about the game's impact.

Contrast

  • "Partnered with the company to create school-safe gaming tools" describes cooperation, not a worry, so it cannot drive a concern.

  • "Welcomed the game, saying it helped with teamwork" is praise; praise reduces rather than raises concern.

  • "Banned the use of computers in classrooms" is an administrative action that the passage never mentions and is not an observation feeding the concern.

  • "Students becoming physically stronger from eye-hand coordination" describes a benefit and is not referenced in the passage at all.

So the response that records an observed decline in behaviour and academic performance is the one that contributed to the concern.

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