Homework of Jan 24th, 2008

EAV Chapter 1

4B:

1)Scientists always analyze their data before writing up the results of their research.
2)We conceptualize the idea for the project after discussing it in our group.
3)Our ability to find a good job after graduation will depend on some extent on the strength of the economy.
4)We are encouraged by our professors to formulize and express out own opinions.
5)You need two forms of personal identification.
6)Although the members of our study group have individual learning styles, we all work well together.
7)Most students change their majors at least once during their undergraduate studies.
8)There was a strange occurrence in the dorm last night when all the lights suddenly went out.
9)It is normal for first-year students to experience periodic homesickness during their first semester away from home.
10)Our professor specifically said to turn in the assignment on Thursday.
11)Students often find it difficult to understand their classmates’ editorial comments when they are peer reviewing an essay.

5.

1)Student can gain considerable benefits from learning to work together.
2)Our assignment was to define the general concepts in Chapter 10 of the textbook.
3)Our group project is to study environmental data on annual rainfall in our state.
4)I could not find the correct formula to complete this calculation.
5)When Bill performed a careful analysis of his project, he realized that he had made a mistake.
6)In our first class, the professor introduced the basic concepts of the course.
7)In our group project for Business 101, we have to analyze the financial data of a major company.
8)We should carry out a brief analysis of the topic before we spend a lot of time on it.
9)I expect to gain substantial benefits from my degree program.
10)Our group found a successful formula for identifying the chemicals.

6A: g, j, a, f, b, k, c, d, h, e, i

6B:
1)poor visibility
2)visitation rights
3)visiting hours
4)visual aid
5)visible to the naked eye
6)visiting professor
7)20/20 vision
8)visually impaired

7A: 6, 2, 1, 5, 3, 4

7B (1):

Based on my experience of team work, the best part is that you can get a lot of thoughts from other teammates for the same topic. Every individual may have totally different angle to look at the same problem, thus can provide a much broader view about the problem than your own and figure out the approach more quickly.

If the project workload is evenly and clearly distributed among the team and each team member takes his/her part seriously, the project can be efficiently carried out and each member can benefit from other teammates. However, if some members are lazy and do not do their jobs, the cooperation in the team may be damaged. Firstly, some parts of the project are not finished and then the whole project may be influences. Secondly, those teammates who deal with their parts seriously may feel unfair and do not like to put the same energy as before. Hence, in order to make all teammates of the same project cooperative, open discussion and commitment are very important. Otherwise, the efficiency of a team will be even less than a capable individual.