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many teachers will give to big of a project
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many students might not have enough time to work on said project,
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giving the student the ability to create the project will assure it can get done.
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Normally, teacher will give a student a project to work on and learn but there is no telling how big that project could be. The teacher could say to create 1 deck of study cards or to write a 10 page essay on something that student may not have learned about. And many times the student may not get the project done in a...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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Teachers look forward to the summer just as much as kids do. Summer is a time to hang out with family or earn some money at a job. Many students simply will not have enough time to worry about creating a big school project. Everyone has responsibilities, like work, family, or just household tasks, and lots of people ca...
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Evidence 2
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if a students designs a project they can make it so that it can revolve around their schedule.
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A teacher will normally give students a big project and expect it to be done without thinking about how a student has a life outside of school just like a teacher. For the majority of students, they are too busy with summer responsibilities to be able to work on a teacher assigned school project. If a student is given ...
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students should be able to assign and create their own projects. Many reasons include how big the project is, how much time it will take, and how much time the student can work on it. So to make it easier on everyone, students should be able to make their own projects that can revolve around their own lives and respon...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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Are students responsible enough to design their own school projects? Numerous schools require students to complete projects over the summer to ensure learning, but this method may be ineffective.
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If students were given the freedom to design their own projects it would lead to greater performance due to the likelihood that students will pick topics that interest them
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Claim 1
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projects would be generalized to help students in the fields with which they require assistance
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the possibility of students forgetting about the project would be lower if they actively worked on it.
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some may disagree with this viewpoint. Some may say that designing their own projects provides students with an opportunity to pick an easy topic with which they will not be challenged.
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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students, when given the opportunity, will always choose to work on a topic that interests them.
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Studies show that working with a topic that interest them improves the performance of students while also increasing the possibility of them making an effort to complete their work.
Evidence
Evidence 1
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while some may argue that students would choose to work on topics which they find easy, the chance of a class of students all thriving in the same subjects is highly improbable.
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Due to the fact that some students will choose to work in subjects which they don't find challenging, students may end up choosing topics which challenge their peers and inadvertently create a project which is all encompassing. But these are not the only reasons students should design their own summer projects.
Evidence
Evidence 2
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when any person puts considerable effort into something it causes information related to the subject becomes learned more easily.
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This is one of the reasons why teachers use methods such as taking notes to reinforce what students are learning. So, logically a group of students working together to choose a topic and subject which they are all satisfied with will reinforce the knowledge of such a project and therefore decrease the likelihood that s...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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students should have a hand in creating their own summer projects
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to choose topics which interest them, as well as to increase the likelihood of them completing said projects, and finally create a project in which all students may both thrive and struggle.
Concluding Statement
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Summer projects should be student-designed
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Students will require motivation and excitement
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If students can design their own project, they can be different and more creative
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Students enjoy tasks where there's no limit as to what they can do; it gives them the opportunity to try something new
Evidence
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This gives teachers less work
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Claim 3
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students a more thoughtful tasks
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Claim 4
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this will give students a reason to learn, even during they're break.
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This is a good way to assure students are still learning
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It also gives the students more of a challenge and prepare them for the following school year. Students can use this as a way to see how they're doing and also to stay involved in school.
Evidence
Evidence 2
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If it were a teacher-designed project, most students wouldnt participate.
Counterclaim
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Since the students are the ones designing it, it'll give them a little more excitement and control over the project.
Rebuttal
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This will open more opportunities and more ideas. Designing your own project gives students the freedom and control that they love. For example, the few times I've been able to design my own project I always put forth more effort and creativity; This is because students love to try different things and be in control. T...
Evidence
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If students are interested and have ideas, summer projects can be really beneficial. Allowing students to create their own project is a great way to interest them. Students tend to work best when they have their own ideas, it's a lot easier and gives the student more freedom
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This can teach students to be more independent and hardworking.
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A project can show effort and knowledge, when students create their own it shows their best work. It allows students to show what they are capable of. That is why I believe students should design their own project.
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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Summer break. The most sought after break by any student at any level. Days spent by the pool, hours of hanging with friends, and nights that run into the morning. Summer is where all knowledge learned during the previous year goes down the drain. To counter this, teachers assign summer projects. These projects are nor...
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Summer projects should be teacher designed
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they prepare the student for the next year,
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the teacher knows what is being taught,
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it gives the student a baseline of what he or she knows.
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Summer projects are designed by a teacher that the student will have next year. These projects need to incorporate what will happen in the upcoming year.
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Many first units include what was included in the summer project. Summer projects help student get ready for the new year by giving students an easy, slow paced, and minimal effort project that will help students in the long run. These projects are often worth points and can boost grades when quarters or semesters are...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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Teachers know what is being taught for the next year.
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They can design the assignment to reflect what will happen. Students can't do that. They don't know what is going to be taught or how the teacher teaches. If a student were to design the project, they would make it have little to no relation to the upcoming class. Students during the summer are lazy, I speak from exper...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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the summer project gives an honest and unbiased evaluation of what the student already knows and what they don't know.
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The assignment is students' first test, and students can give themselves an honest evaluation of themselves. How much did I have to Google? Did I ask my friends for help? How long did it take me? These are all questions that they can ask themselves. These questions and project will show how much work they will need to ...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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Some might say that students can prepare themselves better for the school year than the teacher can. They don't need to have the teacher to assign them work.
Counterclaim
Counterclaim 1
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students are over confident in their abilities on what the know and don't know. As a student in high school, I constantly believe that I am smarter than I truly am. Students will think they know more than they really do and will already be behind before the school year starts.
Rebuttal
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Teachers design these projects to help and prepare the student. It gives an honest evaluation of students' abilities and knowledge. More teachers should assign summer projects to keep students' brains engaged. This helps them prepare for the next year while also seeing what the teacher wants. The teacher knows the subj...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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Summer projects are to keep students learning during summer break but most kids don't find the projects entertaining. Student-designed projects can improve their creativity and make them want to complete the project. Also, teachers will be more excited and looking forward to seeing the outcome of students work. Schools...
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Summer projects should be student-designed
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more students will want to participate
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increase creativity,
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boost their self-esteem.
Claim
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participation from students is very important and student-designed summer projects are a great way to increase excitement and participation.
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Claim 4
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If students could come up with their own projects and enjoy the work that they are doing, plenty of other students will want to do the project. In addition, students will see their peers coming up with their own kind of project and will want to join in by making a project themselves. For example, a student can see one ...
Evidence
Evidence 1
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student-designed projects can increase creativity throughout students.
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Claim 5
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Projects already help with creativity but having a student design a project can really increase it. For example, my art teacher had the class come up with different ideas for our next piece of art work. There were so many creative thoughts going around that my teacher had us make our own unique thing. As I worked on th...
Evidence
Evidence 2
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Self-esteem is an important factor in the real world, having students design a project can help them improve their confidence
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A student knowing that they completed a project, they've made, will make them proud of themselves. In addition, using the project in other classes, and getting recognized for designing a good project will drastically increase their self-esteem. Students-design summer projects will increasingly let students know that th...
Evidence
Evidence 3
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Some opponents believe that teacher-designed projects should be used for summer projects. Also, they may feel as if it will be easy on students and a better way of learning.
Counterclaim
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However, giving students a easy way isn't always the best thing to do. Having students design a project has better outcomes in the long run.
Rebuttal
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For example, having a teacher design a project and give it to students may not help students become more creative or participate or even gain self-esteem from it. So, a teacher-design project for the summer, in my eyes, is not the best thing to have students grow and improve in certain positions.
Evidence
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keeping students active and learning during the summer by having student-design projects has plenty of benefits. In addition, this can have a better impact on students as well as be more exciting and entertaining to students. Three benefits for student-design summer projects are it will make students want to participa...
Concluding Statement
Concluding Statement 1
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As a child, I, as well as most others, desperately counted the days until summer break. In the classroom, we had a bright, beach themed poster board with the school days remaining plastered in big, bold letters in the middle. On my sports teams, we always had fun and easy practices during the last week of school. I alw...
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One solution to this is to implement student-designed projects.
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These allow students to create what they want their summer project to be
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Although many may say teacher-designed summer projects better preserve the students' learning,
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student-designed projects are overall superior because they give more freedom, creativity, and flexibility for the students during their summer break
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Student-designed summer projects are a phenomenal chance to give students more freedom and let them be creative.
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In school, students have very few opportunities to express their creativity, so summer break is seen by many as a chance to break away from overly structured school days. Forcing students to follow a teacher-designed project will only remove its specialty, and further limit chances students have to be creative. On the...
Evidence
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Another important aspect of summer projects is the various time restraints every student has. Students may have sports, vacations, jobs, and many other activities. Designing a project which accommodates everyone's complex and ever-changing needs can be impossible. By allowing students to design the project, much of thi...
Evidence
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If students were able to design their own projects, they could even tie it into the activities they're already doing.
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Many people may say that teacher-designed projects would be far better to maintain students' learning and allow them to learn new things,
Counterclaim
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but this is untrue.
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It is far easier for students to learn new things if it's about a topic they're interested about; whereas, students may not absorb any knowledge about a topic they have no interest in. Even if student-designed projects were worse for learning, their other benefits still outweigh their downsides. Student-designed projec...
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As more school systems begin to adopt summer projects, it is crucial that these projects are student-designed. Summer projects are important to build and preserve learning from throughout the year, but are extremely limiting on students freedom, creativity, and flexibility. By giving students the capability to design t...
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Summer break is the biggest part of the year that students look forward to. Students want to have fun with friends and just relax, however, students are still required to continue learning throughout their break in order to retain information they've learned over the school year. Consequently, students are assigned tea...
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Some people may say that teacher-designed summer projects are effective, however, student-designed projects are better
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it would be more enjoyable for the students
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it will have more diverse topics.
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First of all, having students design their own projects would be a lot more enjoyable for students because they have the freedom to choose their own topics
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. For example, the famous filmmaker and entrepreneur Walt Disney was not always successful with his work. At the start of his career he drew little art work pieces for a small local newspaper company, although he wasn't able to profit from his drawings that much, he still loved his job because it was something he wante...
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Secondly, letting students design their projects will lead to more diverse topics.
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Students are always taught to follow a rubric which can be stressful; consequently, students are limited when it comes to expressing their thoughts and opinions. In fact, during my English class, students were split into groups and we were all assigned the same topic to debate about and we were also assigned which side...
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Some say that teacher-designed projects are better because teachers are more experienced and know what's better for the students
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however, that reasoning is flawed due to the fact that every student is different and some students need more freedom in education.
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For example, studies have shown that when students are given work that's confusing or not enjoyable; they procrastinate until the due date and the scores and grades are often lower. However, when students are given the opportunity to choose their own topics and work on what they want to do, they take more responsibilit...
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In conclusion, students should have the freedom to choose and design their own summer projects because it'll give the students a chance freely express themselves. Students today have a lot of information thrown at them during the school year and having to retain all that information throughout summer is very difficult,...
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Have you ever been assigned a project that you did not want to work on? This regularly happens to many students, due to a variety of reasons. Although summer projects are slightly different than those assigned during the school year, they cause similar problems. The student might have been lazy, did not have enough tim...
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For these reasons, summer projects should be student-designed
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to allow students to be more passionate about the project,
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be creative,
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be more self-reliable.
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Student-designed projects allow students to be passionate about the topic they are working on, causing them to work efficiently.
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When students are assigned teacher-designed projects, they are not usually excited to work on the assignment. Additionally, they do not value it as important, leaving the work until the last minute. For example, in 7th grade, my Life Science class was assigned a project about the deer population in Virginia. Many of th...
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Summer projects designed by students allow for creativity. Students are able to express themselves, as they are not restricted by strict guidelines the way they are with teacher-designed projects
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. Because of this reason, students are more likely to actively work on the project and put in more effort. For example, my AOS biology class was assigned a project to research and present information about a group of proteins. We were allowed to present this information in any way we wanted, allowing for creativity. Th...
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By allowing projects to be student-designed, schools allow students to develop a sense of self-reliance. This is because the students have to conduct their own research in order to find a topic that interests them, rather than just receive a topic from the teacher
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