Claim: Group assignments that students must work together to complete should replace a substantial amount of traditional lecture-based instruction in college and university courses.
Reason: It is vital for students to gain experience collaborating with peers to study a topic and to achieve a common goal.
The claim suggests that a majority portion of the traditional lecture-based instruction in college and university courses should be substituted by group assignments. In my opnion, I mostly concur with this notion for the stated reason, along with an additional one, but I do concede that it doesn't prove true in all cases.
The given reason states that group assignment is necessary for students to acquire experience through collaboration with their peers. The knowledge imparted in the classrooms becomes instilled in the minds of the students much better when they actively participate in group assignments rather than just passively listen to the lectures. Research has shown that humans learn much better when they try to explain the subject matter at hand to others as one has to go through the subject matter in depth before elucidating it for others. Group assignments require students to take responsibility, to be hold as responsible for their actions, set a common objective to reach within a specified time and not only be dependent on one's own actions, but also on othe actions of other group memebrs as well. This exposes the students to a rich experience, and they learn to appreciate the benefits of team work which in turn prepares them to take on challenging pursuits in the future. Therefore, for the stated reason, it is imperative that student participation in the group assignments should be more focused than traditional lectures.
Furthermore, in the real world, nobbody works in isloation and everyone depends on some other in some way. When the students graduate from colleges or universities, they have a hard time adjusting to the work environment because most of their time spent on the colleges or universities was focused on how well they perform individually. But in their workplaces, they find that they have to collaborate with other people and be dependent on them as part of their work. The nature of the works has shifted substantially in recent times, and sometimes it requires multidisciplinary collaboration. For example, in the field of biotechnology, scientific computation using supercomputers has become a well-known tool and it is being used to do some heavy lifting regarding complex scientific problems. But this requires collaboration between biologists and computer scientists to set problem definitions and come up with probable solutions, as neither knows each others field very well. A student whose college or university courses were focused primarily on lectures will have a hard time compared to someone who was primarily engaged in group assignments. This illustrates the importance of group assignments as stated in the claim.
In conclusion, traditional lecture-based instrctions have been around for a long time and it cannot be replaced altogether. But for the aforementioned reasons, replacing a majority of it with group assignments will be far more benefical for the students and the experience gained in the process will be tremendously helpful for their individual and collective growth.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 292, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...dditional one, but I do concede that it doesnt prove true in all cases. The given r...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, if, regarding, so, still, therefore, well, as to, for example, in conclusion, in all cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2577.0 2235.4752809 115% => OK
No of words: 485.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31340206186 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69283662038 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13397992377 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513402061856 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 799.2 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.7577477394 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.166666667 118.986275619 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.9444444444 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.33333333333 5.21951772744 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.358918370586 0.243740707755 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117219112461 0.0831039109588 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0840682648207 0.0758088955206 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229277280821 0.150359130593 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0269235986018 0.0667264976115 40% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.1639044944 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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 1, column 292, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...dditional one, but I do concede that it doesnt prove true in all cases. The given r...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, if, regarding, so, still, therefore, well, as to, for example, in conclusion, in all cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2577.0 2235.4752809 115% => OK
No of words: 485.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31340206186 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69283662038 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13397992377 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513402061856 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 799.2 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.7577477394 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.166666667 118.986275619 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.9444444444 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.33333333333 5.21951772744 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.358918370586 0.243740707755 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117219112461 0.0831039109588 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0840682648207 0.0758088955206 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229277280821 0.150359130593 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0269235986018 0.0667264976115 40% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.1639044944 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.