英文字彙與字源學 week eight
peripheral: computers : connected to a computer but not an essential part of it
devise: to invent or plan (something that is difficult or complicated)
devote: to commit by a solemn act <devoted herself to serving God>
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Sigh no more, ladies -
atheist: a person who believes that God does not exist - disparage: to describe (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc.
- discredit: to cause (someone or something) to seem dishonest or untrue
- embroil: to involve (someone or something) in conflict or difficulties
- rapper: a person who performs rap music or speaks the words of a rap song
- deceit: dishonest behavior : behavior that is meant to fool or trick someone
- tangent: meeting a curve or surface in a single point if a sufficiently small interval is considered <straight line tangentto a curve>
- pseudoscience: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
- congenital: existing since birth
- vis-a-vis = face to face
*修一學分要自修2~3小時*
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A large number of US university students fail to develop critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills because of easy classes and too little time spent studying, a study found Wednesday.
The study of 3,000 students at 29 four-year universities found that 45 percent "did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning" during their first two years in college as measured by a standardized test.
After the full four years, 36 percent had shown no development in critical thinking, reasoning and writing, according to the study, which forms the basis of the new book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses."
"Growing numbers of students are sent to college at increasingly higher costs, but for a large proportion of them the gains in critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication are either exceedingly small or empirically nonexistent," according to an excerpt of the book published in The Crhonicle of Higher Educaiton...
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