2. 1) What’s a resolution
2) What’s a contention
3) what’s evidence
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3. 1) How do we read a resolution?
2) How do we create
contentions? Benefit vs.
principle
3) What kinds of evidence are
there? How do we evaluate
evidence?
4) How do we prepare a
constructive?
5) How do we prepare for
crossfire?
6) What are the qualities of a
good public speaker?
Whatdo
we
need
toknow?
4. The benefits of American
drone strikes against
foreign targets outweigh
the harms.
See this
resolution
What do we
need to know?
5. The benefits of American
drone strikes against
foreign targets outweigh
the harms.
See this
resolution
What is this?
6. The benefits of American
drone strikes against
foreign targets outweigh
the harms.
See this
resolution
Which foreign
targets?
7. The benefits of American
drone strikes against
foreign targets outweigh
the harms.
See this
resolution
What are
these?
15. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
When I was in Middle School, my math teacher gave us
so much homework that I had to quit both my guitar
class and my basketball club in order to keep up.
16. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
In an informal survey of my fellow students, 80% of
Shorewood students said that homework decreases
their love of learning.
17. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
The PEW research center interviewed the top
researchers in education and asked them whether
homework is unfair to students who come from homes
with lower incomes. 85% of them said it was.
18. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
According to the Rand Corporation, in the last 20
years, homework has increased in the lower grade
levels, and this increase is associated with neutral
(and sometimes negative) effects on student
achievement.
19. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
John Mulder, a teacher fromYpislanti, Michigan, told the
Daily News,“After ten years of teaching, I’ve realized that
homework only serves to deaden students’ appetite for
real learning and exploration.
20. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
Tthe amount of homework the average American 10th
grader is assigned has not changed dramatically over time.
In 1982, it was just under one hour per day; in 2000, the
amount was just a few minutes less.
21. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
Imagine what would happen if teachers stopped giving
homework. Students would be free to pursue the
projects that interested them--writing poetry, rebuilding
cars, designing clothes, learning new languages.
22. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
We are not the only ones who take a lot of time on
homework, our teachers do as well.The teacher needs to
design the homework, explain it, mark each piece individually,
and tell everyone what they got right and wrong. If all this is
not done then the homework loses its value...
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23. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
•Data from Personal Experience
•Data from Observation of Field Experience
•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys
•Data from Library or Internet Research
•Testimony
•Statistical Data
•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios
•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas
24. MOSH PITS SHOULD BE
BANNED FROM ALL SEATTLE
Create three contentions and find one
piece of evidence to back them up .
