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You now know that you will be engaged in a research project for the rest of this course. Your investment in the outcome of the project often has a good deal of reliance upon the topic about which you choose to write. The more interest you have in your topic, the more you will be driven to learn more about it and to write about it so you want to choose a topic that will hold your interest as you learn about the process of writing a research paper. KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR TOPIC MUST BE CONTROVERSIAL: the objective of your research paper is not to simply inform your reader but rather to make an argument about a pertinent issue or debate.
Use some of the following questions to help shape a reflection about the topic you are considering for your research paper.
Think about some of your favorite subjects. What interests you the most? What ideas do you have about a topic? What issues have you heard discussed on the news recently? You may want to mention and then briefly explain three ideas that you have, pointing out the topic idea that is most appealing to you.
What thoughts do you have about the topic right now (prior to researching it)? What do you expect to find when you research the topic? What do you hope to learn about? What are some of your assumptions right now?
PLEASE REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 125 WORDS)
CLASSMATE’S POST
The issue that interests me the most is the USA education system. I believe that an education system should aim at creating the next leaders within the society, entrepreneurs, employees, and innovators. Consequently, if the education system were to test students, it should test them on their ability to achieve the qualities and skills stated above. Therefore, the USA education system should be in a position of using an appropriate method of ensuring that the students achieve different roles in the society.
I want to determine why people persist in the use of standardized tests. Despite protests, the tests have been in use for a long time. It is my expectation that there must be some merits of standardized tests. Also, I think the government must be heavily relying on these tests to make policies. However, from my experience, most standardized tests are quite engaging and make students quite anxious.
My assumption is that standardized testing has a negative psychological impact on students. Secondly, I think that despite the negative impacts of standardized testing, it is still the best system based on a cost-benefits analysis.
