argument135第一篇菜鸟求拍

吃遍满汉 · 发表于 2012-2-9 22:44:12

The author claims that teachers in Sanlee high school should assign homework no more than twice a week. To support the conclusion the author cite the following facts that though receiving less frequent homework than Sanlee ,Marlee students get better grades overall and are less likely to be required to repeat a year of school.Close scrutinizing of this argument,however,reveals that it contains several logical flaws,which render it unconvincing.
First of all ,the survey must be showed to be reliable before I can accept any conclusion the author reaches based upon it.However,the arguer fail to prove that the responses are accurate or that the teachers are statistically significant in number.Additionally,whether the sample is representative deserves to doubt.
In addition,the argument assumes that the math and science can reflects all subjects ,but it lacks credibility ,because math and science have their feathers which are different from others' .Even if the survey is credibility, it is all likelihood that the other subjects except math and science need homework everyday.In short,lacking evidence that math and science are typical in terms of all subjects,the author cannot convince me that teachers in Sanlee high schools should assign homework no more than twice a week.
Finally,the argument unfairly claims that better grades is the er result of assigning homework on more than two or three day per week rather than some other phenomenon.the arguer ignore a host of other possible reasons for better grades.Perhaps students in Manlee have the better ability to study and they study themselves without homework.Or perhaps teachers in Manlee are better than those in Sanlee.In short,without ruling out all other possible explanations for the better grades,the author cannot convince me that the less homework is the only reason for the better grades,let alone reducing homework.
In sum,the conclusion relies on the invalid and misleading assumptions that render it unconvincing as it stand.To bloster the conclusion,the author would have to substantiate that the students from the two places have the similar ability to study and that whether the quantity of homework in the different districts are same.Moreover,I would suspend my judgment about the credibility of this argument until the author can provide more information about the relationship between the grades and the homework and whether math and science and the same feather of the other subjects.

吃遍满汉 · 发表于 2012-2-10 16:24:28

没人搭理我呢~是不是太菜……求指点，加上原题！
135. （193）The data from a survey of high school math and science teachers show that in the district of Sanlee many of these teachers reported assigning daily homework, whereas in the district of Marlee, most science and math teachers reported assigning homework no more than two or three days per week. Despite receiving less frequent homework assignments, Marlee students earn better grades overall and are less likely to be required to repeat a year of school than are students in Sanlee. These results call into question the usefulness of frequent homework assignments. Most likely the Marlee students have more time to concentrate on individual assignments than do the Sanlee students who have homework every day. Therefore teachers in our high schools should assign homework no more than twice a week.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

竹林中人 · 发表于 2012-2-13 13:03:12

结构不错，找到的几个质疑点也很好，但字数明显有点偏少，虽然字数没有必然的要求但为了充分表达，个人认为，450字左右才好。另外你的语言功底感觉不错，继续加油！

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