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Statement from article: In the document it refers to a man that takes the SAT for students for prices from $1 and he was ‘qualified’ to do this because apparently his scores were above 2100 when 2400 is a perfect score getting himself people desperate enough to pay for him to take the SAT for them. Do you believe the premise? Yes. Did the author of the article convince oh? Yes. Why or why not? She/he made me believe that SAT is a high stakes test and determines so much of a child’s future, and this is most likely the Cause of all Of SAT cheating. (3).
Premise (essential question) Can the increase in academic cheating be blamed on the amount of pressure students feel to succeed? Address Real Cause of Cheating Cheating on Exams is unethical whether it is by teachers, administrators, principals, or the students themselves. People must see the true cause to cheating. Improving test security may do the trick temporarily and just eliminate the obvious cheaters. The ones that are under the radar will continue to be under the radar until the people of today can figure out the fault of today’s heavy counting tests that you have but one chance on.
There must be outside checks on the students by their teachers to make sure the students aren’t cheating, so there scores seem ‘logical’ or they are known to have cheated in the past in his/her class. Quote from the article. 7. Technique: Bias c. Statement from article: When test results are all that matter in evaluating students, teachers and schools, educators feel pressured to boost scores by hook or by crook. Just as in other professions, some will cross the ethical line. ” Makes it seem as if all educators wish to boost children’s scores instead of letting them be. 8.
Technique: Loaded Words d. Statement from article: “The core measures should be the academic work students do in the classroom, not how well they fill in bubbles on a one-shot test. ” 9 Technique: Objective e. Statement from article: “Occasional low-stakes exams, such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, would also ensure that teachers grade fairly and accurately/’ Do you believe the premise? Not Really. Did the author of the article convince oh? No. Why or why not? It didn’t contain that much ‘proof or ‘evidence’ to make me feel that the cause of cheating is unethical society. (4). Remises (essential question)_ _ Can the increase in academic cheating be blamed on the amount of pressure Students Lie, Cheat, and Steal but say They’re good. In the past few years there have been surveys telling that 30% of all high- school students stole from a store and 64% cheated on a test. Are the children of today just trying to constantly cut corners or is cometh inning else going on? Researchers were surprised to find that the students Of today are sees honest today than any other generation. Most people similar to Michael Josephs were most dismayed to hear that 36% of males and 26% of females stole from a store.
What are the supporting statements? _ 30 percent of U. S. High school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test. A survey found that 35 percent of boys and 26 percent of girls?30 percent overall?acknowledged stealing from a store within the past year. One-fifth said they stole something from a friend; 23 percent said they stole something from a parent or other relative. This is why most of today’s youth is unreliable, dishonest, and full of thieving miscreants. Which persuasive techniques were used? Write the technique and the exact quote from the article. 10. Technique: Appeal to logic f.
Statement from article: “In the past year, 30 percent of U. S. High school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, largesse survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. ” 11. Technique: g. Statement from article: “Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that today’s onus people are less honest than previous generations, but several agreed that intensified pressures are prompting many students to cut corners. ” 12. Technique: _ h. Statement from article: ” “l would take these students over other generations,” he said. L found them to be more responsive, more rewarding to work with, more appreciative of support that adults give them. ” Do you believe the premise? Yes. Did the author of the article convince you? Yes. Why or why not? It thoroughly made me believe that high-school students are extremely dishonest and unreliable as well as no good thieves. 5). Premise (essential question) Teachers put to the Test by Digital Cheating Teachers can’t find effective ways to end cheating most students use the help of the internet to cheat their way through assignments, tests, and quizzes.
This leads teachers and principals to the question how can we stop cheating once and for all? Most teachers have found temporary solutions such as taking away phones at the beginning of class or putting all essays through scanning machines that will search for matches of the document to anything on the internet. What are the supporting statements? High Scholars are getting answers to quizzes, reports, homework, as well as tests off the Internet eliminating the purpose of having them in the first place!
This is a catastrophe among nearly all high school students. It is ruining today’s educational system. Which persuasive techniques Were used? Write the technique and the exact quote from the article. 13. Technique: I. Statement from article: ” Gary Anderson, who teaches English at Freed High School in Palatine, said such websites create an atmosphere of mistrust. The better response, he said, is to think up techniques that will foil copying such as squiring literary essays to include examples from a student’s own life.