students should work in groups

The principal of a school does not agree with having students work in groups to do all their school work. Think about the reasons why students should work in groups to do all their school work. Now write to convince that principal whether students should work in groups to do all their school work.


Disruptive chatting students working in groups has caused principals to not appreciate group work, but it is the unseen benefits of those conversations that has been identified by some educators, this has changed the way some teach. School administrations have for years experimented with styles of learning that create unity and creativity within student study groups, but it may be at the detriment of learning according to some principals who have been diametrically opposed to this teaching rubric. New methods are availing themselves to educators who have experienced the benefits of "group work", and are now distancing themselves from previously held positions that do not support results of previous group study methods.

Principals of schools are not only responsible for the student body, but the business elements that converge with education, all culminating in a review of their performance. Any area, in which a principal is found to be deficient, is to be corrected, while new process is designed to insure positive results in the future. Class disruptions due to group work have been, in the past identified as problem areas for educators, students and parents. Additionally, cheating, perceived unfair work assignments and the inability for a child to "shine" have made it more difficult for progressive principals to implement such a plan.

However, students from across all demographic alignments agree that if a process for internal group management is established by the teacher, then communication, collaboration and production flourish. It has also been extrapolated that some of the most challenged students have seen benefits from group participation for they are able to discuss challenges without the fear of open class reprisal.

As the Chief Executive of the school, the principal must not only follow structured policy, but should also be flexible enough to test, adopt and implement new teaching strategies such as group study or other systems that support production. Benefits are not only to the student but to the administration in reduced individual instruction, a unified teaching method with proper controls, and significant advantages to resource management. Lastly, statistics speak to greater participation, higher test scores and happier parents due to the new found confidence of these somewhat self governing students.

When groups are tasked with defined goals, working metrics and a risk reward system, even the staunchest supporters of single source teaching would adopt a group study program. Previous challenges experienced by teachers, students or parents relative to group study initiatives have now come full circle, for it is the process for group management that is the solution, affording collaboration, ownership. With this in mind a principal will do more, with less, for more students...

Your case isn't very strong. You need to expand more on your reasons for supporting group work, citing research and providing specific examples of benefits from that type of teaching. So,



That gives you three points. So, go back, and add a paragraph for each point. So, in your first one, you would explain in which subjects test scores increased, by how much, what methodology the studies you are referring to used, etc. Then do something similar for each of the remaining two points.

Sean,

I feel my inability to outline properly is where my efforts should focus...agreed?

Thank You So Much !

I need to nail down the outline process before I assemble my essay. This argumentitive prompt below is a GRE, I have put an outline together..does it make sense ?

"As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods."

Main Idea: Promofoods Products Are Safe

Paragraph #1: Promofoods Recalled 8 million cans of food
Detail #1: No chemicals found in the food
Detail #2: Process Reevaluated
Detail #3: New Quality Control Manager Hired

Paragraph #2: Promofoods in the industry
Detail #1: Industry Association Founder
Detail #2: Product Awards for Quality
Detail #3: Leader of Safety Protocol

Paragraph #3 Promofoods History & Community
Detail #1: Rapid Response to Past Issues
Detail #2: Commitment to Product Improvement
Detail #3: Founding over 100 years ago, non profit food bank

Conclusion Paragraph: Promofoods has demonstrated a sincere commitment to its customers for over 100 years, as evidenced by its recall of over eight million cans of tuna,and its industry leadership and community involvement. Promofoods evaluation process is sound, it is the gold standard of the industry, and has been replicated by food processors around the globe, thus Promofoods has and will exceed industry expectations for food safety.


I guess where I get confused is the timed CLEP Essay I will take will not allow for research to support statements such as above, therefore am I to just fabricate as I have done ? I cannot find enough from the prompt to create an outline..

Thanks Again...

Hi Peter, I moved this to its own thread. For every new essay, please start a new thread. Also, in order to start new threads, you need to leave comments on other people's essays to help them (your participation ratio).

Principals of schools are not only responsible for the student body, but also for the business elements that converge with education, all culminating in a review of their performance.

With this essay, you didn't follow the prompt. This challenge was to write a letter to convince the principal. You didn't form it as a letter, and you didn't really write it the way you would if you were really trying to persuade the guy.

For the other one, I think it looks great! In the first paragraph, it will flow nicer if you keep the verb tense consistent: This conclusion was based on... but that is no big deal. Good luck with it!!

Peter,
You did an excellent job of providing examples for your facts. Good work.