CSC151.01 2015F, Class 50: Project Assessment: Algorithms ========================================================= _Overview_ * Preliminaries. * Admin. * Upcoming Work. * Extra Credit. * Questions. * Additional images. * Debriefing from image analysis. * Clever code: How'd you do that? * Code crits: Why'd you do that? Preliminaries ------------- ### Admin * Sit wherever you would like. * You can find the project images in the location specified on the white board. * We will continue crits of your artwork and start crits of your code. * Could those of you who borrowed my "Visual Modeling with Logo" books please return them to me. * Review sessions Wednesday at 8pm, Thursday at 10am, Thursday at 8pm. ### Upcoming Work * Reading for Wednesday: Review [Searching](../readings/searching-reading.html) * No lab writeup. * Quiz Friday: Analysis, Association Lists, Binary Search. * Exam 4 prologue due Friday, Dec. 4. * Exam 4 due Monday, Dec. 7. Email it to me as an attachment. * Exam 4 cover sheet due Tuesday, Dec. 8. * Exam 4 epilogue due Tuesday, Dec. 8. ### Extra Credit Opportunities * If possible, send me these in advance. #### Academic * Any visit to the current show in the Faulconer gallery. * CS Table, TODAY at noon in the White PDR, The Story of Mel. * Eliza Harrison presents _Early Sonia Delaunay: The Avant-Garde at Home_, an Art History MAP under the direction of Professor Anger. 4:15 pm, Wednesday, December 2nd, Bucksbaum 242 with coffee and fruit. * Future of the Libraries Talk, December 3, Noon, JRC 101. * CS Extras, Thursday, Summer Research at UMich. #### Peer Support * TODAY at 4pm in Cultural Education Center, JM translation! * Dance Ensemble, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. * Women's Basketball vs. St. Norbert, Dec. 5 at 3:00 p.m. * One-act Festival Dec. 5 & 6. * Choir Concert, Dec. 6 at 2pm in Herrick. * Sweater party, Saturday at 9pm. Wear ugly christmas sweaters and dance. Will include appropriate and inappropriate beverages. * Deshowber, Friday, Gardner. #### Regular Peer Support * Pals of PALS, pals@grinnell.edu, normally Saturday at 7:45 am (breakfast included; felines only), and Mondays at 4:45. Requires sign up in advance. MORE HELP NEEDED! * Socrates Cafe', Saturdays, Younker, 2pm. * Pun Club, Saturdays, 4pm, Way over Younker. #### Upcoming Peer Support * Women's Basketball vs. Carroll, Dec. 12 at 3:00 p.m. #### Miscellaneous * Choosing a Major, TODAY at 11 a.m. in JRC 209. (Yes, you can come even if you've already chosen a major; you'll just serve as a resource for the students who are thinking about choosing a major.) ### Other Good Things (No Extra Credit) * Swim Meet December 4/5. * Jingle Bell Holiday December 4. I may not be there (swim meet), I'll try to find a way to treat you to tenderloins / chicken / potatoes. ### Questions _Although I am not allowed to call it Happy Exciting Liberal Learning week, because names have power, I have way too much work next week. Can I turn in my exam late?_ > Why not turn it in early? > Yes, you may turn it in late. Negotiate with me. But you will not get it back by Friday. _Which are the easiest problems on the exam?_ > I think problems 1 (tree-map) and 7 (analyze code) are the most straightforward. However, 7 is a bit time-consuming and 1 requires documentation. _Which are the hardest problems on the exam?_ > I think the remaining problems are similar in difficulty, depending on what topics you have and have not mastered. Problem 6 (next largest) has some subtleties. Problem 2 (file utils) is likely to be long, since it has lots of subproblems. Oh, the extra credit problem is likely to make your brain hurt. _What happens if I don't regularly call `close-input-port` and `close-output-port`?_ > Eventually, DrRacket will refuse to open files or save files, including your exam. _What time on Monday is the exam due?_ > 10:30 p.m. _When will we understand binary search well?_ > After tomorrow's class. _When is the final? I'm too lazy to look it up._ > Tuesday the 15th and 9am or 2pm. _What is the final like?_ > A really evil quiz. Four problems. No computer. One sheet of hand-written notes, 8.5x11 inches, double-sided. 4 problems correct: A. 3 problems correct: B. 2 problems correct: C. 1 problem correct: D. 0 problems correct: F. Scheduled for three hours. Historical evidence suggests that most students spend less than 1.5 hours. _What is the grade scale in this class?_ > 94-100 is an A. 90-93 is an A-. 87-89 is a B+. You should be able to figure out the rest. _Can we have review sessions next week, even though we have no quiz? And can those be reviews for the final?_ > Yes. _Do we have to let you know when we want to take the exam?_ > No, but it would be nice. _Will you write two exams?_ > Probably not. We'll write three. _What happens if I take multiple finals?_ > I'll use the lowest final grade to replace your lowest exam grade. Additional images ----------------- Debriefing from image analysis ------------------------------ Cool code: How'd you do that? ----------------------------- Code crits: Why'd you do that? ------------------------------