HOW THE WEB DESTROYS THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS’ RESEARCH PAPERS
HOW THE WEB DESTROYS THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS’ RESEARCH PAPERS - Rothenberg In this personal persuasive essay, Rothenberg discusses the recent decline he’s noticed in the quality of his students’ writing, critical thinking, and original argumentation due to their increasing reliance on the World Wide Web as a research tool. In addition to outlining the educational hazards of the Web, Rothenberg stresses the responsibility of teachers to help develop students’ critical thinking ability, including the hard work of reading closely, working through arguments, and assessing and synthesizing sources. Although students often disagree with Rothenberg about the dangers of Web research, finding him somewhat reactionary, they are engaged by the issues he discusses. This essay and the accompanying letter to the editor, “An Opposing View” by Richard C...