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Which result of the tutoring programs is explained in “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks”?

• Many senior pupils have become incredibly skilled on computers.

• Companies have started to develop more senior-friendly computers.

• Some teen tutors have developed friendships with their senior pupils.

• Some senior pupils have begun teaching computer skills to other seniors.

If a person can correctly be described as struggling to solve a math problem, which of the following must be true?

• The person is able to easily solve the math problem.

• The person is having difficulty solving the problem.

• The person is bothered by the length of the problem.

• The person is familiar with the type of math problem.

Which of the following could best be used to illustrate the meaning of impairments?

• Long hair

• Blue eyes

• Strong arms

• Poor hearing

What is the most likely meaning of the word frustrated in the following sentence?

Makayla was frustrated because she could not see the play from the back of the theater.

• Pleased

• Annoyed

• Confused

• Surprised

The purpose of sensitivity training as discussed in the text was to

• prepare the seniors to be more patient with the teens.

• prepare the teens to more aware of the needs of the seniors.

• the prepare the adults to be less frustrated with the technology.

What led Pamela Norr to start TECH?

• She turned to her own teens to help with technology.

• She didn't have the time to help her parents.

• She wanted her kids to learn responsibility.

In “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” for seniors want to learn to use new electronic technologies to communicate better with family members. Which quotation best supports this idea?

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  Norr discovered that many seniors had been given digital cameras by their children.

• “My kids were not returning calls,” she says. “They don’t write letters. They are so knowledgeable about texting and email, and so I needed to get to know how to do that.”

• He’s been surprised to have to explain email, something he thought everyone had mastered.

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  Then again, a lot of seniors ask him about Twitter, which Rampton admits he knows nothing about.

According to “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” what is a main reason that seniors have trouble following written instructions on computer use?

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  They have little interest in learning something new.

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  They have trouble remembering the details the instructions contain.

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  They are unfamiliar with the special vocabulary of computer technology.

• They need the warmth and understanding they get from in-person tutoring.