Functional Problem Solving (CSC 151 2014F) : Assignments
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Due: 10:30 p.m., Sunday, 31 August 2014
Summary: In this assignment, you will gather information about the structure of the course and then respond to a few basic questions about the course and about yourself.
Purposes: To encourage you to learn about the structure of the course and the course web. To give me a bit more information about you.
Expected Time: One to two hours for parts one and two. Additional time for the readings in part three.
Collaboration: Each student should turn in his, her, or zir own responses to this assignment. However, you may certainly work with other students as you review the course materials and answer the questions. You may discuss the assignment with anyone you wish. You may obtain help from anyone you wish, but you should clearly document that help.
Citation: Since this assignment explicitly asks you to read and summarize pages on the course web, you need not cite such pages. However, if you rely on pages from outside the course web for information, you should cite those pages.
Submitting: Email your answers to
<rebelsky@grinnell.edu>
with appropriate subject lines.
More details below.
Warning: So that this assignment is a learning experience for everyone, I may spend class time publicly critiquing your work.
As you might have been able to tell from the first day of class, I have a wide variety of opinions about learning and teaching in CS which are reflected in how I run the class. You can (and should) learn more about these perspectives from the course web. In this portion of the assignment, you will review the course web and answer some basic questions.
First, read the following items
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/home
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/schedule.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/teaching.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/grading.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/rubric.txt
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/academic-honesty.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/disabilities.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/email.html
.
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/handouts/faq.html
.
(This page will change over the next few days as I start receiving and
answering questions for students. You need not keep returning to it,
although you may find it useful to do so.)
Next, answer the following questions.
As I start a new course, I like to learn a little bit about each student in the course. I find that knowing more about my students helps me teach better. Hence, I provide a short survey at the start of each semester.
Do the readings
for the next class, which can be found at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/readings/linux-reading.html
and
http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2014F/readings/algorithms-reading.html
.
I will evaluate your work on the seriousness with which you approach the assignment and your correctness in answering the questions. (And, yes, particularly clever or amusing answers are likely to earn you a modicum of additional credit.)
Please submit this work via two separate email messages to
<rebelsky@grinnell.edu>
. The first should have
a subject of “CSC 151.01 Course Details (*Your
Name*)” and should contain your answers to the first
part of this assignment. The second should have a subject of “CSC
151.01 Survey Answers (*Your Name*)” and
should contain your answers to the second part of this assignment.
For example, if I were to submit answers to the first set of
questions, it would be titled “CSC 151.01 Course Details (Samuel
A. Rebelsky)”.
Please send your work as the body of an email message. I don't like attachments and prefer not to receive them when they can be avoided.