劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 12

Day 12 Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors

Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement; as a result, Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors.

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.

五問：

（1）“Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement”和“Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University”是事實，“To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）教授打的分很高，是否因為學生的評估政策？是否只因為學生的評估政策？有沒有可能是因為評分標準變了呢？請大家回顧一下關(guān)于“唯一原因”和“重要原因”的介紹。

（3）學生整體成績平均提高 30%就能說明每一個學生的成績都提高了嗎？可能有的學生成績提高了，而有的學生成績降低了。學生成績提高，可能有哪些其他的原因？你是否能羅列出一兩個？例如：學生這段時間努力用功復(fù)習功課，試卷難度降低等。

（4）另一個學校是否有類似的政策呢？直接拿另一個學校進行比對，條件合適嗎？除了學業(yè)成績外，還有哪些因素會影響學生在勞動市場獲得好的工作崗位呢？比如個人的實習經(jīng)歷會不會在找工作的時候幫助其獲得好的工作崗位呢？學校的求職課程會不會起到作用呢？

（5）學生評估老師這一政策是否有好的一面？有沒有可能是因為評估對教授起到了促進作用，使其教學更有成效，從而使學生取得了更好的成績呢？