The combination of reliable, high-speed internet and continual technological innovation means that children’s study options are no longer limited to old-style classrooms. These developments have led some to question whether children still need to attend schools, arguing that learning online is possibly preferable. Not surprisingly, there are many who disagree. While there are reasons why learning online might be feasible, I believe there can be no substitute for the face-to-face contact afforded by school-based learning.
Online learning offers an efficient and high-tech solution to education. Internet speeds have increased, and online video conferencing platforms now provide improved functionality. Studying in virtual classrooms thus seems a viable alternative to face-to-face learning. With online learning, children have immediate access to an almost infinite range of resources. Wider access to sources beyond the classroom is particularly beneficial for children in
remote areas.
However, for various reasons I believe it is essential for children to continue their education in physical school environments. Classroom learning and interactions with teachers provide students with varied and complex opportunities for development. Student-centred learning is fostered as teachers can respond spontaneously to the individual needs of their students. Vital communication and negotiation skills can be developed during both classroom learning and break-time interactions. Teachers also receive immediate feedback on student progress, based on both verbal and non-verbal cues. This kind of subtle input is not always accessible in online learning contexts.
Although technology offers valuable support to the learning process, school-based learning offers so much more in terms of the development of social skills and the provision of immediate feedback loops within the learning process. As a result, learning in schools remains an important and irreplaceable feature of education.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, so, still, thus, while, kind of, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 9.0 24.0651302605 37% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1722.0 1615.20841683 107% => OK
No of words: 280.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.15 5.12529762239 120% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.21151467856 2.80592935109 114% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.625 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.8329186118 49.4020404114 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.294117647 106.682146367 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4705882353 20.7667163134 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.47058823529 7.06120827912 49% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267367346131 0.244688304435 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851347261159 0.084324248473 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0721431389702 0.0667982634062 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.170335313426 0.151304729494 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0448032769856 0.056905535591 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.31 50.2224549098 76% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 18.09 12.4159519038 146% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.75 8.58950901804 125% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 78.4519038076 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, so, still, thus, while, kind of, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 9.0 24.0651302605 37% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1722.0 1615.20841683 107% => OK
No of words: 280.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.15 5.12529762239 120% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.21151467856 2.80592935109 114% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.625 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.8329186118 49.4020404114 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.294117647 106.682146367 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4705882353 20.7667163134 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.47058823529 7.06120827912 49% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267367346131 0.244688304435 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851347261159 0.084324248473 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0721431389702 0.0667982634062 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.170335313426 0.151304729494 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0448032769856 0.056905535591 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.31 50.2224549098 76% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 18.09 12.4159519038 146% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.75 8.58950901804 125% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 78.4519038076 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.