Argumentative Essays to Optimize the Evaluation of Postgraduate Learning
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https://doi.org/10.26490/uncp.horizonteciencia.2022.23.1474Keywords:
academic essays, assessment of competencies, postgraduate studies, databases, virtual learningAbstract
Virtual learning stands out as an opportunity for the development of learning to learn, due to the accelerated production of knowledge, the development of information and communication technologies, changes in society and in health, such as social isolation due to global pandemic. But in our country, adequate tools for virtual education are not used, which could have been caused by a university law that requires face-to-face training, dragging customs and tools to postgraduate training. The objective of this essay is to justify that the optimal way to evaluate and improve postgraduate learning is by writing an argumentative essay, because in it the student, in addition to developing their writing skills, exposes the arguments that support their answer. to a problem with a series of information connected and explained with references obtained from high-level academic databases and the support of computer tools.
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