It is hard to deny that working alone could reduce the time waste, which leads impressionable people to generate the idea that students should work together with others instead of a team. However, such a statement suffers from logical and factual fallacies, and it should be examined meticulously. As far as social relationships, personal improvement, and work pressure are concerned, I firmly suggest that teachers assign projects as teamwork.
First and most, though working together, children can learn how to set up cooperative social relations that would positively reflect them in many aspects, as nowadays nearly all jobs require teamwork skills. Meanwhile, this skill needs time to build and develop, so if students trained this skill or ability in their learning process, that would undoubtedly lead to better qualities in their personalities. Not to mention that students will learn to pay attention and listen to other opinions around them, which is vital for developing their understanding of the world around them - people who are willing and able to listen to all different points of view could get bigger chances of prosperity and development.
Furthermore, the fact that working as a part of a team provides students with more opportunities to learn from others' experiences and finally promote their personal development indicates that teachers should encourage students to work on their projects in a team. Take the case of the research conducted in Chinese universities I saw from a documentary, which indicated that children raised in more collaborative, democratic families where everyone can express and share their opinions with others, are more likely to develop the essential traits for a dynamic society, such as respectfulness, responsibility, and encouraging. Had it not been for their families' encouragement on teamwork, they may not have been successful as they are now.
Nevertheless, a voice arises that working alone can allow students to save time, express their own opinions, and guarantee their work quality. Ironically, freedom and efficiency come with stress since students have to operate alone and take on all their work. Students cannot delegate different tasks to other team members, and they have to make sure every responsibility is fulfilled by the time the deadline arrives. If they are running late on a job, there is no one else to turn to, and rushing to avoid delays can certainly boost stress levels. Less help also equates to more stress. Students must solve problems by yourself and finish difficult tasks on their own. Therefore, to avoid heavy work pressure, being part of a team is an effective choice, which offers students support and advice from others, ultimately speeding things up and diminishing anxiety in the workplace.
In a nutshell, I maintain that teachers should require their students to do team projects. Admittedly, as my favorite quote from Penelope Fitzgerald goes, it is interesting to note everyone has a different take on the world, a different opinion, and given the same inputs have completely different outputs, and some people may oppose me. However, I believe they will compromise after being exposed to my article.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Famous entertainers and athletes deserve to have more privacy than they have now Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 90
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Playing computer games is a waste of time Children should not be allowed to play them Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 50
- Technology has made children less creative than they were in the past 90
- One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp fishing boats When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe and they die 80
- TOEFL T P O 42 Integrated Writing Task 3
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 9.8082437276 184% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 13.8261648746 159% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.0286738351 154% => OK
Pronoun: 45.0 43.0788530466 104% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 52.1666666667 125% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2702.0 1977.66487455 137% => OK
No of words: 509.0 407.700716846 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.30844793713 4.8611393121 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74984508646 4.48103885553 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89854329772 2.67179642975 108% => OK
Unique words: 281.0 212.727598566 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.552062868369 0.524837075471 105% => OK
syllable_count: 836.1 618.680645161 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.86738351254 428% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 20.1344086022 129% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 81.9318681889 48.9658058833 167% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.210526316 100.406767564 142% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.7894736842 20.6045352989 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.05263157895 5.45110844103 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 11.8709677419 93% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.25678186362 0.236089414692 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0821535549538 0.076458572812 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0620489882184 0.0737576698707 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146793572701 0.150856017488 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0663479722774 0.0645574589148 103% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.0 11.7677419355 144% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 58.1214874552 78% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 10.1575268817 132% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 10.9000537634 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.01818996416 112% => OK
difficult_words: 130.0 86.8835125448 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.0537634409 123% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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