SUNY Geneseo Department of Computer Science

Peer Critiques of Revised Race Essays

Thursday, March 6

Intd 105 13, Spring 2014
Prof. Doug Baldwin

Misc

Midterm is Tuesday (Mar. 11)

Covers
- Factual material we’ve looked at since start of semester (e.g., substitution ciphers, book ciphers, ethics, plagiarism, etc.)
- Writing skills in short essays or problems
Short answer + short essay
Full class period
Open books, notes, online references; closed person
May write on computer and email me answers
- Either turn in on paper or by email, but not both
- You are responsible that I receive what you want graded (check before leaving)

I’ll be looking for improvement over originals

Discussion

These critiques seemed more substantive than usual: more attention to organizational issues affecting clarity, some to the arguments being made
When to cite sources
- Don’t cite common knowledge (e.g., from class readings or discussions, things all your peers know)
- Do cite anything else (from specific book, web site, etc., things you had to look up)
Sources / kinds of revision
- None, it was perfect (rarely if ever happens)
- Fix problems from original grading
- Extend / strengthen existing arguments
- Modifications to thesis
- Total rewrite (hopefully doesn’t happen very often either)

(After midterm)

Enigma

Read chapter 1