The correct answer is (B).
(B) Point at Issue
Step 1: Identify the Question Type
When a question asks for something two people "disagree about," it wants the Point at Issue. Summarize both speakers' arguments, and then look for an answer with which one speaker would agree and the other would disagree. You can use the Decision Tree to confirm your choice.
Step 2: Untangle the Stimulus
Gaby starts right off with her conclusion: Schoolchildren should make their own decisions about what to learn, receiving minimal guidance from teachers. She feels this will enable the students to become more successful in life. Logan disagrees, arguing that schoolchildren should acquire fundamental knowledge and that this can be accomplished only through systematic instruction from qualified teachers.
Step 3: Make a Prediction
Gaby and Logan have distinct ideas as to which educational system most benefits children: Gaby suggests children make decisions with minimal teacher involvement; Logan suggests a more fundamental program with intensive teacher involvement. The correct answer will focus on this difference in learning environment.
Step 4: Evaluate the Answer Choices
(B) correctly addresses the learning environment issue. Use the Decision Tree. Gaby certainly has an opinion on the extent of teachers' direction (teachers' involvement should be minimal), as does Logan (teachers should be heavily involved), and those two opinions are absolutely different.
(A) is not addressed by Gaby, who expresses no opinion on how best to acquire fundamental knowledge.
(C) is a clever 180. Both Gaby and Logan agree that qualified teachers are important. Gaby says children should be supported by experienced teachers, even if their guidance is minimal; Logan says children need systematic instruction from qualified teachers.
(D) is Outside the Scope. Neither speaker discusses the fostering of creativity.
(E) is also Outside the Scope because neither speaker addresses children's interest in fundamental subjects. Gaby talks only about appealing to their interests (which may or may not include fundamental subjects), while Logan urges the teaching of fundamentals regardless of students' interest.
