Summarization Exercise on 02/07/2008

1.a.
Electronic communication can let students find classmates, contact scholars, post and share ideas by attending online groups easily, and provide a good means for project research; hence, it dramatically extends the way for students to work with other people.

1.b.
In order to maximize the learning effect for most possible students, teachers should adjust the teaching methods appropriately to reflect the different learning styles of students and differnt learning activities from time to time.

Summary of Chapter 1 of "The craft of research"
In the first chapter of "The craft of research", the authors explain what research is, why we need to write the research report, and why we have to write the report in a formal way. Research basically is a process to find the solution for a particular problem by exchange information with other people in this world. In order to make the research valuable and accessible, it is important to write it up; furthermore, writing a report can help remember what the researchers find, understand the results better, and make your idea clear. To achieve these three objectives of writing, it is necessary to write the report formally because it can help make the ideas more accurate from readers' point of view. In a word, writing the report in a formal way can help both, the researchers and the readers, for better understanding each other and making the research more valuable to the community.