Computers are becoming an essential part of education.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages and give your own opinion.
Information technology is becoming a ubiquitous part of learning. This essay will show that this is a welcome development and can enhance educational practice. It will first suggest that the instant availability of huge amounts of information is the primary advantage, followed by a discussion of how it can sometimes lead to plagiarism.
The main benefit computers bring to learners is easy access to vast amounts resources. Learners were once limited to the books they had and the knowledge of their teacher, now they can learn about anything they choose at the touch of a button. Google is a prime example, because it allows people to easily search for whatever they are looking for quickly and accurately.
One possible drawback is that using the internet to complete academic work can sometimes lead to pupils copying articles from the internet. As a result, students do not have to think about their tasks and learn very little. The Sunday Times recently reported that 72% of college graduates in the UK admitted to copying and pasting Wikipedia articles at least once.
Overall, it is a very positive development because most students will take advantage of the power of the information superhighway to enhance their studies, rather than using it to cheat. For example, in 2005 Cambridge University found that students who regularly used a computer were 26% more likely to get a first-class degree than those who did not.
In conclusion, the web has provided a gateway to knowledge unlike anything seen before and although it can sometimes lead to a few taking the easy route and plagiarising, it is a very positive step in the evolution of education.
Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'first', 'look', 'so', 'at least', 'for example', 'in conclusion', 'as a result']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.230769230769 0.247107183377 93% => OK
Verbs: 0.180602006689 0.155533422707 116% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0635451505017 0.0946595960268 67% => OK
Adverbs: 0.066889632107 0.0501214627716 133% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0468227424749 0.0437548338989 107% => OK
Prepositions: 0.117056856187 0.122226691241 96% => OK
Participles: 0.0434782608696 0.0403226058552 108% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.80204142508 2.80594681477 100% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0468227424749 0.0326793684256 143% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00163938923432 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.100334448161 0.0861772015684 116% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0267558528428 0.021408717616 125% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0100334448161 0.011925033212 84% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1666.0 1933.35771543 86% => OK
No of words: 276.0 316.048096192 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.03623188406 6.12580529183 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.20517956788 97% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.373188405797 0.374742101984 100% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.315217391304 0.28420135186 111% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.235507246377 0.203846283523 116% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.126811594203 0.137316102897 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80204142508 2.80594681477 100% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 176.037074148 91% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.579710144928 0.56093040696 103% => OK
Word variations: 60.7040001821 60.7387585426 100% => OK
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0891783567 75% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.7743622355 111% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.67522243 49.517814964 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 138.833333333 127.492653851 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 20.7743622355 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.666666666667 0.814263465372 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38877755511 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.99599198397 0% => OK
Readability: 54.5217391304 49.1944974215 111% => OK
Elegance: 1.32954545455 1.69124875643 79% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.198784442314 0.332605444948 60% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0732725642787 0.102741220458 71% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0394273789115 0.0668466124924 59% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.611170188021 0.534860350844 114% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.162275216 0.148594505496 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0895589605582 0.134430193775 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0468769112067 0.0742795772207 63% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.253548675811 0.324371583561 78% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0274468275158 0.0638462369009 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130327077918 0.228012699653 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406743003828 0.058150111329 70% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.68436873747 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.41683366733 117% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 5.90881763527 68% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 2.5751503006 39% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 1.9629258517 204% => OK
Total topic words: 9.0 10.4468937876 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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