TPO-07 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Humans are evolving species that improved upon themselves for thousands of years.We did not gain every bit of our knowledge as if it was in the open air. There is always a method on how all these complex matters have solved and made it's way to our everyday uses. I believe that there is no use in automatically memorizing facts without learning and understanding them in the first place. Because automatically learned facts will not remain in our memories for long and it is hard to use them especially in scientific fields when one do not understand the real reason behind it.

Memorizing facts will affect our production adversely. When it comes to work , we trust our knowledge to solve problems we face. However, facts we have learned automatically will not help us to decipher our problems when an unknown mystery challenges us. Solving problem includes analyzing the data and finding a way to solve the problem based on our knowledge.
There was a time when I had to solve physics equation on my exam, so crammed all the formulas as fast as I could before the exam. During the actual test I faced an equation where i had to use few formulas in order to solve the problem. Unfortunately, i could not combine two formulas, because i did not understand the concept behind it. As a result I failed to solve the problem which had the most point.

After the test, I did not use these formulas again, so I did not try to understand them nor revise them. Consequently, I forgot all the formulas due to the fact that I did not understand them at all at the first place. When the end of semester exam came, I was not ready because there were too many lessons to revise and I forgot the previous lessons that I learned during mid-semester. Although I gained few points by cramming and memorizing all formulas before my test, these memories did not last for a long time because I did not understand what causes these formulas to change and be the way they are.

In conclusion, understanding ideas and concepts is better that learning them as facts. When we understand the topic deeply with interest and passion it not be forgotten over time as easily as memorizing them.

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Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 82, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: We
... upon themselves for thousands of years.We did not gain every bit of our knowledge...
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Line 1, column 363, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
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...facts without learning and understanding them in the first place. Because automat...
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Line 3, column 77, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...duction adversely. When it comes to work , we trust our knowledge to solve problem...
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Line 4, column 179, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...e actual test I faced an equation where i had to use few formulas in order to sol...
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Line 4, column 251, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...er to solve the problem. Unfortunately, i could not combine two formulas, because...
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Line 4, column 293, Rule ID: I_LOWERCASE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'I'?
Suggestion: I
...could not combine two formulas, because i did not understand the concept behind i...
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Line 4, column 337, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” 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.
...d not understand the concept behind it. As a result I failed to solve the problem ...
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Line 8, column 157, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
...deeply with interest and passion it not be forgotten over time as easily as memori...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, first, however, if, so, as to, in conclusion, as a result, in the first place

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 13.8261648746 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 43.0788530466 135% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 52.1666666667 79% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1792.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 386.0 407.700716846 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.64248704663 4.8611393121 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43248042346 4.48103885553 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66376813006 2.67179642975 100% => OK
Unique words: 185.0 212.727598566 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.479274611399 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 571.5 618.680645161 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.51792114695 227% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.86738351254 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.1344086022 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.6733449283 48.9658058833 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.5555555556 100.406767564 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4444444444 20.6045352989 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.05555555556 5.45110844103 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.5376344086 144% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 11.8709677419 59% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.85842293907 233% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.127871499144 0.236089414692 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0493113466124 0.076458572812 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0616622372161 0.0737576698707 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0862826409473 0.150856017488 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0617021037502 0.0645574589148 96% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 11.7677419355 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 58.1214874552 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.63 10.9000537634 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.75 8.01818996416 97% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 86.8835125448 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.002688172 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.0537634409 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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