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(shí)，“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?yàn)閷W(xué)生的評(píng)估政策？是否只因?yàn)閷W(xué)生的評(píng)估政策？有沒有可能是因?yàn)樵u(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)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(xué)生整體成績平均提高 30%就能說明每一個(gè)學(xué)生的成績都提高了嗎？可能有的學(xué)生成績提高了，而有的學(xué)生成績降低了。學(xué)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(gè)？例如：學(xué)生這段時(shí)間努力用功復(fù)習(xí)功課，試卷難度降低等。

（4）另一個(gè)學(xué)校是否有類似的政策呢？直接拿另一個(gè)學(xué)校進(jìn)行比對，條件合適嗎？除了學(xué)業(yè)成績外，還有哪些因素會(huì)影響學(xué)生在勞動(dòng)市場獲得好的工作崗位呢？比如個(gè)人的實(shí)習(xí)經(jīng)歷會(huì)不會(huì)在找工作的時(shí)候幫助其獲得好的工作崗位呢？學(xué)校的求職課程會(huì)不會(huì)起到作用呢？

（5）學(xué)生評(píng)估老師這一政策是否有好的一面？有沒有可能是因?yàn)樵u(píng)估對教授起到了促進(jìn)作用，使其教學(xué)更有成效，從而使學(xué)生取得了更好的成績呢？