Without not doubt, many people could support the statement that is more important that students understand ideas and concepts over facts, and other people could have the opposite point of view. As far as I am concerne, I firmly believe in the statement proposed above. Clearly, for me, understanding ideas and concepts are the fundamental support for a effective learning.
First of all, learning facts are important, but more important is to know how this facts are produced and why. This previous analysis in the context of a subject would bring the holistic comprehention of a phenomeno in all its steps. To illustrate this claim let's consider a mathematic's formula that can calculate a physical phenomena like throughing a ball in a space and distance proposed. Clearly, the student can memorize the formula and apply it every time he or she wants to calculate distances or force applied, but he or she needs to understand what is behind the formula, the idea o concept, to apply it correctly. On the other way, the student could use the same formula to calculate density or gravidity or anything else that has nothing to do with throughing an object.
Additionally, students can find easier to remember facts if they know previouly the idea o concepts that sustains those facts. For example, going back to the mathematic 's formula, it would be easier for a student to remember the different elements of the formula if he or she knows the concept of the equation he or she is using for calculate distant or force.
Finally, facts along does not mean anything without an idea or a concept that can connect those fact into a thesis or a propose of thesis. For instance, students can not analyse any fact without the correct association to something else bigger than the facts itself.
In summary, considering the three reasons explained above I strongly agree with the statement proposed.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades (marks) encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. 70
- TPO-22 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should not make their social or political views known to students in the classroom.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 76
- TPO-46 - Integrated Writing Task In the United States, medical information about patients traditionally has been recorded and stored on paper forms. However, there are efforts to persuade doctors to adopt electronic medical record systems in which informa 80
- TPO-49 - Integrated Writing Task Like many creatures, humpback whales migrate long distances for feeding and mating purposes. How animals manage to migrate long distances is often puzzling. In the case of humpback whales, we may have found the answer: the 61
- TPO-14 - Integrated Writing Task Every year, forest fires and severe stormscause a great deal of damage to forests in the northwestern United States. One way of dealing with the aftermath of these disasters is called salvage logging, which is the practice 76
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 352, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...oncepts are the fundamental support for a effective learning. First of all, le...
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Line 3, column 79, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...tant, but more important is to know how this facts are produced and why. This previo...
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Line 7, column 91, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this fact' or 'those facts'?
Suggestion: this fact; those facts
...t an idea or a concept that can connect those fact into a thesis or a propose of thesis. F...
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Line 7, column 119, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...can connect those fact into a thesis or a propose of thesis. For instance, students can n...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, if, so, for example, for instance, in summary, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 15.1003584229 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 13.8261648746 130% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.0286738351 54% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 29.0 43.0788530466 67% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 52.1666666667 73% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.0752688172 99% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1584.0 1977.66487455 80% => OK
No of words: 321.0 407.700716846 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93457943925 4.8611393121 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23278547379 4.48103885553 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71735032331 2.67179642975 102% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 212.727598566 80% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532710280374 0.524837075471 102% => OK
syllable_count: 496.8 618.680645161 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 9.59856630824 31% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.994623655914 0% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.6003584229 63% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.0512750646 48.9658058833 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.846153846 100.406767564 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6923076923 20.6045352989 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.15384615385 5.45110844103 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.85842293907 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.245498290262 0.236089414692 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0885723934905 0.076458572812 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0680241500385 0.0737576698707 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.141929561052 0.150856017488 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.068573334353 0.0645574589148 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 11.7677419355 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 58.1214874552 96% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.1575268817 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.61 10.9000537634 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.01818996416 103% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 86.8835125448 81% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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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.