Hey there, are you ready for an exciting contest where you get to debate and decide between two options? Get ready to showcase your persuasive skills and convince me why your choice is better.
A debate is a discussion or argument where people present their opinions, arguments, and evidence on a specific topic. It's like a friendly battle of words where each side tries to convince a judge that their viewpoint is the stronger one.
It's a great way to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and learn from different perspectives. Hence, this contest is based on this idea.
The Contest |
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It's all about presenting your arguments, giving us your opinions, and perspectives, and having a friendly debate.
For the contest, I will be giving you two options for you to convince me of the better one and why you think your option is better. So are you ready? If yes, let the "this or that" contest begin.
Your Debate for this week |
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After our discussions on Homework and it's necessity in education, here is another interesting classroom discussion in Standardized testing.
Standardized testing is also a very hot topic in education today, as many people wonder if these tests really measure a student's intelligence or if they're just a way to compare students across the board. On one hand, these tests can actually provide a clear picture of how well students understand certain subjects. But then, critics argue that they can be unfair, as they might not take into account different learning styles or backgrounds. Therefore,in this week's debate we are raising important questions about how we define intelligence and whether standardized tests are the best way to assess it.
So here are some discussion questions on whether standardized testing is a fair measure of intelligence:
Do you think everyone has the same chance to do well on standardized tests? Why or why not?
How do you think a student's background or environment affects their test scores?
Are there other ways to measure intelligence besides standardized tests? What are they?
Do you believe that test anxiety can impact a student's performance? How so?
Can intelligence be defined in different ways, and how does that relate to standardized testing?
Last Week's Review |
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Our last week debate I believe was an interesting one as there was a whooping total of 29 entries. Hence I would like to say thank you to each and everyone who participated. Here, I present to you all three participants as the winners for last week;
| User | Link | Reward |
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| @cruzamilcar63 | Link | Booming vote |
| @lamia30 | Link | Booming vote |
| @yhudy | Link | 3 Steem Power |
How to participate? |
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Subscribe to Steem Fashion&Style, if you haven't already.
Pick the option you feel is better, or more important.
Make a publication of not less than 300 words, giving reasons why the option you've picked is better.
The title should be The Debate (no.48); your title
The contest's first 4 tags should include #sahmie-debate48 #steemexclusive, and your country tag (e.g. #nigeria for me).
Also, it is important to post plagiarism-free content. Try to post unique and original content in your own words.
Use your images or copyright-free images only.
Invite at least 3 of your friends to participate.
Upvote and Re-steem the contest so that more users can participate in the contest.
Please make sure you engage with other entries.
Drop the link to your post in the comment section of this post.
What is up for grabs? |
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A total of Booming votes and 3 Steem Power will be distributed to the best entries as follows.
Contest Deadline |
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The contest is open to participants till 23:59 UTC, Thursday 14th November. At which it comes to an end, meaning all entries after that will be counted as invalid.
Cc,
@stephenkendal
@disconnect