One my attempts for giving an opinion Coopearation or Competition in Education—Which One Works? Do students benefit from getting along well with the their classmates? Are group efforts and grou

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One my attempts for giving an opinion Coopearation or Competition in Education—Which One Works? Do students benefit from getting along well with the their classmates? Are group efforts and group projects generally effective? Is it better for all students to work independently? Or is it best to compete for grades or honors? What happens when there is no pressure—no tests, no grades? Researchers around the world have looked at these questions. What can the researchers tell us? First, they see three different types of interaction in classrooms. That is, students generally interact in three ways: they compete to see "who is best", they work independently, or they work cooperatively, where the success of the group depends on the success of each member. In many parts of the world, cooperative learning is widely used, but in the U.S., competition continues to be the most common model. Competition begins even before a child in the U.S. starts school, and it grows stronger through grade school and high school. Many researchers view the end of U.S. high school as being one of the most competitive times in a child's life. Is this model effective? How well do students learn in U.S. high schools? Many say that U.S. high schools are the "weakest part" of the U.S. education system, so perhaps the competitive model does not work very well. According to this I had to write an opinion about the third paragraph explaining "why I think about the competitive model. Mi intento de opinión, de los más burdos que he escrito diría, es éste: First of all, I would say I'm against the competitive model, why so? Well, I think a few students benefit from this, those ones who have a certain profile and interests, mainly. I also think some students' problems are related with the lack of motivation that school's systems don't reinforce, at least here in Mexico. Según la opinión de mi maestro, hizo falta hablar de los perfiles e intereses que menciono, hondar en ellos y, posteriormente explicar la falta de motivación. Fue difícil para mí, debo decir.

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One of my attempts for giving an opinion

Coopearation or Competition in Education—Which One Works?

Do students benefit from getting along well with the their classmates? Are group efforts and group projects generally effective? Is it better for all students to work independently? Or is it best to compete for grades or honors? What happens when there is no pressure—no tests, no grades?
Researchers around the world have looked at these questions. What can the researchers tell us? First, they see three different types of interaction in classrooms. That is, students generally interact in three ways: they compete to see "who is best", they work independently, or they work cooperatively, where the success of the group depends on the success of each member.
In many parts of the world, cooperative learning is widely used, but in the U.S., competition continues to be the most common model. Competition begins even before a child in the U.S. starts school, and it grows stronger through grade school and high school. Many researchers view the end of U.S. high school as being one of the most competitive times in a child's life.
Is this model effective? How well do students learn in U.S. high schools? Many say that U.S. high schools are the "weakest part" of the U.S. education system, so perhaps the competitive model does not work very well.

According to this I have had to write an opinion about the third paragraph explaining "why I think about the competitive model.

Mi intento de opinión, de los más burdos que he escrito diría, es éste:

First of all, I would say that I'm against the competitive model, why so? Well, I think a few students benefit from this model; those who have a certain profile (personality?) and interests mainly.
I also think some students' problems are related to a lack of motivation that the school system promotes, at least here in Mexico.

Según la opinión de mi maestro, hizo falta hablar de los perfiles e intereses que menciono, hondar en ellos y, posteriormente explicar la falta de motivación. Fue difícil para mí, debo decir.