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EXTRA CREDIT PROBLEM

Problem 23 on page 139 may be submitted for extra credit. This problem must be worked individually and submitted to the digital drop box by class time on Friday, Dec. 3, to receive credit.

ASSIGNMENT FOR Friday, Dec. 3

Problem 9 on page 131 to be done individually. Hint: can you use an instruction we defined in Chapter 4? Place in digital drop box before the beginning of class on Friday.

ASSIGNMENT FOR Wednesday, Dec. 1

Problem 18 on pages 136-137 to be done individually. Place in digital drop box before the beginning of class on Wednesday.

ASSIGNMENT FOR Friday, Nov. 19

Turn in problem 4 from chapter 5 (pages 128-129) before the beginning of class (to digital drop box). Test your program in at least six situations (no beepers in pile -- zero is not odd, so it is even, 1, 2, 3, 10, and 11 beepers in pile) Use the WHILE-DO construction.

ASSIGNMENT FOR Wednesday, Nov. 17

Turn in your reflection on the writing assignment on e-voting. Place your reflection in the digital drop box BEFORE class on Wednesday, Nov. 17. (If you need to refresh your memory, instructions were given in the assignment for August 27.) You might want to write about learning that took place during this assignment (about how to write a paper or about the problems you encountered). Do not rehash your paper, but do write about any change any attitudes that resulted, either in your attitude toward voting in general or in your understanding of e-voting.

Be sure to include your attitude toward this particular assignment. Did you like/dislike doing this paper? Why?

Not accepted late.

ASSIGNMENT FOR Monday, Nov. 15

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

Write a definition for a new instruction, leave-2-beepers, which leaves two Beepers on the corner Karel is on. Karel remains on the corner with the two beepers. Assume that there are at most two beepers originally on the corner. (That is, there may be zero, one, or two beepers originally on the corner.

Your main program (the code after BEGINNING-OF-EXECUTION) should test the code of defined instruction leave-2-beepers in every possible situation. Your code in the main program should contain a comment for each test case, as in

// Test leave-2-beepers when originally no beepers on corner

Turn in one copy of the program for each group. Begin work on program in class and turn in final project to drop box before class on Monday. ANYONE WHO WAS NOT IN CLASS MUST DO THIS AS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT>

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Turn in your reflection for chapter 4. Place your solution in the digital drop box BEFORE class on Monday, Nov. 15. (If you need to refresh your memory, instructions were given in the assignment for August 27.) Not accepted late.

Begin reading Chapter 5.

ASSIGNMENT FOR FRIDAY, Nov. 12

Turn in a solution for problem 12 on page 91. Place your solution in the digital drop box BEFORE class on Friday, Nov. 12. Turn in an entire program. Not accepted late.

ASSIGNMENT FOR WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10

Turn in a solution for problem 9 on page 89. Place your solution in the digital drop box BEFORE class on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Turn in an entire program that calls the instruction follow-wall-right. Not accepted late.

ASSIGNMENT FOR MONDAY, Nov. 8

Turn in a solution to problem 4 on page 87. Place your solution in the digital drop box BEFORE CLASS on Monday, Nov. 6. Your solution should be an entire program that calls the new instruction, find-next-direction. In the METHOD section of the program describe the different worlds that should be used to test the program. Not accepted late.

ASSIGNMENT FOR FRIDAY, Nov. 5

Turn in a solution to problem 3 on page 87. Place your solution in the digital drop box BEFORE CLASS on Friday, Nov. 5. Your solution should be an entire program that calls the new instruction, find-next-direction. In the METHOD section of the program describe the different worlds that should be used to test your program. Because this program will be discussed in class on Friday, this assignment will not be accepted late.

DRAFT of Writing Assignment

You are to write a paper on electronic voting that states a thesis and argues in favor of that thesis. You should include information from at least the references you have found and reported on. You may also include other references. If you find that one or more of your references is not helpful, you may substitute another reference from the same category (academic computer sciencist, Australia, or IEEE/ACM). You must include and cite references from at least these three catagories. Your "work cited" section must include all references used.

Other requirements:
     (1)  The finished paper shall be at least 2.5 pages in length.
          It is preferred that papers be no longer than 3 pages.
     (2)  Margins shall be no greater than 1 inch.
          Type size:  14 pt. Times or Times New Roman
          Single space within paragraphs
          Double space between paragraphs
     (3)  You may take your work to the Writing Center as often as you wish.
     (4)  You must take your complete (and, hopefully, finished) paper to
          the Writing Center before submitting it.  
     (5)  The finished paper will not be accepted until checked off by the
          Writing Center.
     (6)  The finished paper should be deposited in the digital drop box.
     (7)  Late penalty of 10 points per day (weekday when classes are in 
          session)  will be assessed until both (5) and (6) completed.
          Note that (5) must be completed before doing (6).

Total points for this assignment is 100 (10 points each for three references and 70 points for the paper itself). Remember that your homework assignments have been 10 points each and consider how important this paper is to your grade. All reference homeworks (10 pts. each) must be received before Saturday, October 30, to receive credit.

This paper will be graded for mechanics (citing references correctly, organization, grammar, spelling, etc.), choice of thesis (thesis which can be reasonably defended using your citations), and logical presentation (how well you make the case for your thesis).

Assignment for Friday, October 22
Turn in problem 1 on page 87. The problem must be part of a working test program and placed in the digital dropbox by class time. When you write the first solution (without using face-north), name it problem 1a. When you write the face-south instruction that uses face-north, name this problem solution 1b.

Assignment for Wednesday, October 20
Find a third article on electronic voting. This article should be an opinion published in either the IEEE or ACM. (You can Google on these to find articles.) Place in drop box by class time on Wednesday. Use requirements listed below.

Assignment for Monday, October 18
Find an article on electronic voting in Australia and write a brief (one half to one page) report on this article, contrasting the Australian system with the U.S. system. One such article is "Electronic Voting: Benefits and Risks" by Russell G. Smith, April 2002, in the Australian Institute of Criminology. You can find other papers using Google and searching on

+"electronic voting" +Australia

You may not use newspaper reports or web reports such as you find at www.wired. ... You are looking for reports that have more substance (that is, more depth) than the reports usually found in newspapers and on news web sites. Write your report as described below. Reports are due in the drop box by class time on Monday.

Assignment for Friday, October 15
Find an article on electronic voting by an academic computer scientist and write a brief (one half to one page) report on this article. Two well-known academic computer professionals who have published widely on the subject of electronic voting are:

Rebecca Mercuri
Aviel Rubin


You are not restricted to the writing by these two sciencists. The requirement of "academic computer scientist" is that the person have a Ph.D. You may use an article or (if you find one) testimony to a Congressional committee.

Your report must have:
Your name
Date submitted
Topic: Review of opinion on electronic voting by (and fill in the name of the scientist.
Complete description of paper found, including web URL, list of all authors, title of paper, where it appeared if it
also appeared in a journal, and any other information given on the title page. (Ask your English teacher or me if in doubt.)
One-half to one page about what you learned from this paper and other information that you will use to write a final
report. If you intend to quote from this article, put what you intend to quote in quotation marks, as you would use it. DO
NOT TURN IN THE ENTIRE PAPER.

Drop your report in the digital drop box before class time on Friday.

Assignment for Wednesday, October 13
Using our standard instructions, write your reflection on chapter 3 and drop it in the dropbox before class on Wednesday.

Assignment for Monday, October 11
Submit solution for problem 6 on pages 60-61. Analyzing this problem includes designing appropriate (and useful) instruction definitions. This problem requires lots of thinking before any writing. Previous instructions for how to cite and turn in problems apply. Please use initial position (A1,S3) with Karel facing East.
Assignment for Friday, October 8
Submit solutions for problem 5 on page 60 and problem 9 on page 62. Use appropriate instruction definitions and follow previous instructions for how to cite and turn in problems.

Assignment for Wednesday, October 6
Submit solutions for problem 2 on page 59 and problem 10 on page 63. Both problems should make appropriate use of definitions. (Definitions make programs easier to read and easier to write.) It is expected that your solution will include instruction definitions not previously used in class. Each person should submit their solutions before the beginning of class on Wednesday, being careful to cite any help received. Do NOT use WinRAR.

Assignment for Monday, October 4
Submit solution for problem 4 on page 60 to the digital dropbox. You are expected to use appropriate instruction definitions. Each person should submit their own solution before the beginning of class on Monday, being careful to cite any help received. Do NOT use WinRAR.

Assignment for Friday, September 24
Submit your reflection on Chapter 2. Remember that a reflection is about what you think, not what you did. Check out previous instructions for reflections.

Assignments for Monday, September 20, and Wednesday, September 22
Problem set 2 on pages 19-24. Problems 1 - 5 are due on Monday, September 20 by the beginning of class. These are to be turned in to the digital drop box or hard copies brought to class. Problems 6 - 9 are due on Wednesday, September 22 by the beginning of class. These MUST be submitted to the digital drop box. Full credit will not be given unless instructions are followed.

Special Instructions:
Problem 1: Using the program on page 20 as a starting point, write a correctly documented Karel program that correctly completes the task. Comment out any errors in the original program. Include comments to indicate any additions to the given program. You are now able to test your program for correctness. (Do not submit a world file for this problem.)

Problems 2, 3: In a Word document answer questions 2 and 3 carefully and fully.

Problems 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: Using the program template, write a correctly documented Karel program that correctly computes the stated task. In problem 9, assume Karel is initially at (A5,S3), facing North, and that Karel returns to his initial position. Submit a separate file for each problem to the digital drop box. Be sure to include name, date, problem id, precondition, method, postcondition, etc., for each problem.

Assignment for Monday, September 6
We will finish discussing Chapter 1 in class on Friday. Please write a reflection on Chapter 1 and bring it to class with you on Monday. Remember that a reflection is where you are talking to yourself -- not what you did, but your thinking about what you did.

Also, read pages 7-18 of Chapter 2.
Assignment for Friday, August 27

Bring to class a typed reflection on your experience of trying to program a robot to reach a destination. This should be 3/4 page to a page in length. Single space within paragraphs and double space between paragraphs. Use Times or Times New Roman font and 14 pt. size.

If you joined the class after the group project, you may write a paper on who you are, what you like to do, why you came to Clemson, etc. Those students who were in the group may also write this as extra credit, but are still required to write the reflection.

Group Assignments for Monday, August 23

Old Green Tom (statue of Thomas Green Clemson): Decker, Francis, Darien
Dr. Weaver's Office (106 McAdams Hall): Hall, Hoff, Strauss
Michelin Career Center (in Hendrix Center): Odom, Rogers, Russell
Academic Support Center (in Library): J. Scott, L. Scott, Ascarino

Absent: Hurd, Sangtian, Martin



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