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Improving the quality of student submissions
May 27

Improving the quality of student submissions

In the FacultyFocus article, Clear Criteria: A Good Way to Improve Participation, Maryellen Weimer, PhD. discusses an approach to assessing class participation that involves using rubrics and qualitative feedback.  Even if a course grade does not include class participation, these two components can be used to improve the quality of student submissions. Rubrics Weimer notes the importance of using clear criteria for…

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Any aspiring computer scientists interested in the big screen?
Apr 22

Any aspiring computer scientists interested in the big screen?

Google is looking for movie and television scripts that help portray computer science (and the traditional “nerdy” computer scientist stereotype) in a more positive, attractive light.  With this initiative, Google is looking to attract underrepresented groups like women and minorities into the computer science field. From the site: This project is part of an initiative from…

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