Computational Modeling
Fall 2008

For today, you should:

1) read Chapter 3 of your swappy book, write summary/commentary

2) continue work in Chapter 1 of my book

   Exercise 1.6, 1.7 for sure

   Exercise 1.8 would be good


Today:

1) hand out Chapter 2 of my book

2) questions?

3) visits


For next time you should:

1) finish your work in Chapter 1 of my book and finish
   writing Chapter 1 of your book

2) take a break from swappy books

By the end of class Friday, your Chapter 1 should be ready
to be evaluated.


A rough rubric
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Clarity: is it easy for the reader to understand what is being
said, or are there sentences that are ambiguous or confusing?

Level of detail: is there enough information to allow the reader
to evaluate the technical material, but not too much?  Did the
writer make good choices about what to include?

Organization: is the material presented in a coherent organization?
Is the writing concise or repetitive?

Correctness: is the work technically sound, or are there errors?

Presentation: are there spelling and grammatical errors?  
Does the document look good?  If there are figures, are they
effective?

Enjoyability: did you enjoy reading this chapter?

Evidence: does the writer present evidence effectively?  Is
quantitative information presented clearly and appropriately?

Argumentation: does the writer draw conclusions that are supported
by evidence?

Anything else?