The data from a survey of high school math and science teachers show that in the district of Sanlee many of these teachers reported assigning daily homework, whereas in the district of Marlee, most science and math teachers reported assigning homework no more than two or three days per week. Despite receiving less frequent homework assignments, Marlee students earn better grades overall and are less likely to be required to repeat a year of school than are students in Sanlee. These results call into question the usefulness of frequent homework assignments. Most likely the Marlee students have more time to concentrate on individual assignments than do the Sanlee students who have homework every day. Therefore teachers in our high schools should assign homework no more than twice a week.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The author of the article argues that teachers in high school should assign homework no more than twice a week. However, there are some questions that need to be answered to make the statement more convincing.
First, the author cites a survey that many high school teachers in Sanlee assign daily homework while those in Marlee only assign homework no more than two or three per week. However, we need to know the conductor of the survey to make us trust it. Because if the conductor is just a group of college students who just only tend to manage the assignment, it may no reliable. They probably only investigate few students in both places and perfunctorily document the data. Therefore, we should get the background of the conductor so that we can sure the survey is established.
However, despite the fact that the survey is made by a professional team, we can not ensure that the data is worth trust. Because teachers in Marlee probably be required to give the wrong data to the team. The leader in Marlee wants to satisfy his or her own esteem, which shows others that the students can have a few homework and good grade are attributed to him or her. The best way to get the data is to collect it from students who prefer to tell the truth. Thuse, knowing the strategy of collecting data is vital to enhance credibility.
Moreover, we also can focus on other fields the homework. The reason which the teacher in Marlee only assigns less homework may depend on the difficulty. These teachers give much harder homework so that they let their students have more days can finish them. Another possible reason is the quantity of the homework. Teachers in Sanlee maybe only assign one page of the training question for math and science, whereas teachers in Marlee may give ten pages or more questions that students feel annoy. Thus, we should know more about the details.
In conclusion, we need to know more about to make the author statement more convincing.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 122, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ot ensure that the data is worth trust. Because teachers in Marlee probably be required...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 315, Rule ID: MANY_NN_U[6]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun homework seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'little homework'.
Suggestion: little homework
...ows others that the students can have a few homework and good grade are attributed to him or...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, thus, whereas, while, in conclusion, to tell the truth
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.6327345309 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 28.8173652695 104% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 55.5748502994 70% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 16.3942115768 43% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1625.0 2260.96107784 72% => OK
No of words: 345.0 441.139720559 78% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.71014492754 5.12650576532 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3097767484 4.56307096286 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43222778314 2.78398813304 87% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 204.123752495 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.486956521739 0.468620217663 104% => OK
syllable_count: 503.1 705.55239521 71% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.2816635583 57.8364921388 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.5263157895 119.503703932 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1578947368 23.324526521 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05263157895 5.70786347227 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.290871094882 0.218282227539 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0879843515362 0.0743258471296 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977262007521 0.0701772020484 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.153164253618 0.128457276422 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0874343022292 0.0628817314937 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 14.3799401198 68% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.3550499002 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.74 12.5979740519 77% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.14 8.32208582834 86% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 98.500998004 58% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 12.3882235529 73% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 122, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ot ensure that the data is worth trust. Because teachers in Marlee probably be required...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 315, Rule ID: MANY_NN_U[6]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun homework seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'little homework'.
Suggestion: little homework
...ows others that the students can have a few homework and good grade are attributed to him or...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, thus, whereas, while, in conclusion, to tell the truth
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.6327345309 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 28.8173652695 104% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 55.5748502994 70% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 16.3942115768 43% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1625.0 2260.96107784 72% => OK
No of words: 345.0 441.139720559 78% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.71014492754 5.12650576532 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3097767484 4.56307096286 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43222778314 2.78398813304 87% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 204.123752495 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.486956521739 0.468620217663 104% => OK
syllable_count: 503.1 705.55239521 71% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.2816635583 57.8364921388 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.5263157895 119.503703932 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1578947368 23.324526521 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05263157895 5.70786347227 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.290871094882 0.218282227539 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0879843515362 0.0743258471296 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977262007521 0.0701772020484 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.153164253618 0.128457276422 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0874343022292 0.0628817314937 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 14.3799401198 68% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.3550499002 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.74 12.5979740519 77% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.14 8.32208582834 86% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 98.500998004 58% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 12.3882235529 73% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.