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Week 1 - Critical Reading Assignment

Week 1 - Critical Reading Assignment

Q Critical Reading - How Effective is Online Learning? Directions: Read the article “How Effective Is Online Learning? What the Research Does and Doesn't Tell Us” on EdWeek.com. After reading the article answer the questions below to examine the author’s arguments and persuasive strategies. Remember: you can reference the additional resources that have been provided to help you. 1. What is the article’s topic and what is author’s position on that topic? If this hasn’t been explicitly stated, draw a conclusion based on the arguments and information that was presented in the article. 2. Where is this article published? How does that impact your view of the arguments presented?3. Based on the information presented, why is the author exploring this topic? Do they make it clear why they think it is important?4. Which of the author’s claims is the strongest? Why?

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1.The author’s topic is “Can online lessons replace in-school time?” The author supports online learning while recognizing its drawbacks. 2.The article was published by Education Week (edweek.org). I never heard of this website but that’s probably because I’m not in the educator’s community, so it has no effect on my view. 3.I don’t see any reason for the author writing the article within the body of the article but when I read the authors credentials at the beginning of the article, I see that she is not only an educator but involved in education policy so it makes that she would be writing this.