2016年11月13日托福独立写作范文：

　　How to raise students’ study efficiency puzzles both teachers and parents and whether to permit students to discuss or do projects during class remains a heated debate for many years. As for me, although some people may argue that group discussion can hardly be controlled, I still believe it is necessary for students to share their ideas with others and the following reasons and examples can support what I believe.

　　Firstly, involving group discussion or projection in the class can contribute to the deeper understanding of some complicated knowledge. To be more specific, students’ perspectives differ from a student to the other and the combination of different angles from students and their teacher can make those students more aware of the knowledge. Take a history class as an example. While learning the influence from dropping atomic bombs to stop The Second World War, students’ opinions will be diverse and then a group discussion is extremely necessary. The benefits of dropping the bomb could be obvious because the war that had lasted for a long time devastated the whole human beings and led to a huge economic slump. However, the behavior for dropping the mass destructive weapon is controversial because it left a great weakness for local ecosystem. As is known to all, the radiation caused by using nuclear weapons could not be erased and local species would suffer a lot. Apparently, after a heated discussion, students will understand the historic event more precisely and overall. As a result, permitting students to discuss during the class is highly advantageous.

　　Secondly, classes including group discussion or projection can be of more interests to intrigue students’ curiosity and enthusiasm. Specifically speaking, some subjects like Physics or Mathematics can be tedious and boring. Then, students can be easily distracted once teachers just give a long lecture and downplay the importance of involving students. Instead, by doing experiments and discussing, students will feel a part of the class and their study efficiency can experience a huge improvement. Gravitational law in the Physics that is complicated and not so attractive for most students can be better understood if teachers could permit students to observe a falling apple and measure the relation between the time of falling and distance. The process of exploring the truth and verifying those abstract theories is intriguing for most students. In this way, never will students lose their interests and concentration of the class.

　　To admit, group discussion or projection during class may generate some weaknesses. Students are too young to be self-controlled. Then, there might occur some irrelevant topics, like gossiping which NBA basketball player is worthier to gain the title of MVP when students are assigned to talk about the advantages of joining outdoor sports. However, the concern can be erased when teachers can give specific orders and supervise the whole process of discussion. For example, teachers can list several advantages and disadvantages of joining outdoor sports and require students to discuss the validity of them.

　　In a word, the way of teaching students with discussion and permission can be more effective and interesting. (515 By 新东方 周徐敏)