As fair as it sounds, Instructor Rooker's policy is inherently arbitrary, unnecessarily hard for TAs to grade, and demonstrably inconsistent.
Furthermore, the lack of a minimum means students are writing and posting way more than should be necessary to get some credit for participation. The excess posting leads to what amounts to a massive echo chamber, where no one is really learning or conversing -- they're just forcing themselves to say something "useful" and trying to make the grade. After a certain point, it's a waste of time that could be better spent coding or studying.
My suggested solution: "If you want us to wear 37 pieces of flair, make the minimum 37 pieces of flair." Please establish a sensible minimum number of posts, and a
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I don't think I managed to buck statistics and find the 20 laziest students in the class. Regardless of the true expectations for the initial vision statements, the current lectures and assignment description give the impression that the students are only responsible for providing the "broad strokes" and answering a few questions. My vision statement was substantially more than that, and I suffered considerable point deductions. I worry for my peers who only provided a bulleted list because the instructions led them to believe that was acceptable.
My suggested solution: Create separate assignment requirement sheets for the initial and expanded versions, and clarify the expectations for each of them.
Group Evaluations:
Project A consisted of using the "waterfall" methodology to produce the requirements of a software system proposed by an elected peer (called the "customer" for the sake of the exercise). We were asked to evaluate our team members on their performance. After those peer evaluations were submitted, Instructor Rooker sent an e-mail bemoaning the fact that many people did not include the customer in their evaluations. Presumably, he marked these students down for overlooking this requirement.
The problem is: a) the relevant lectures specifically state that
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