In Unit 1, students had a chance to improve their writing with respect to definitions. Each student had to write three definitions of a chosen term: one parenthetical, one sentence definition, and an expanded definition. The last one gave a bit more freedom to students in the sense that they can choose what sections to include in the writing.<\/p>\n
The term I chose was probably not the easiest to define, but it was all could think of at the moment. After a session of brainstorming, I ended up choosing a key concept for programmers: the boolean variables. My main problem was that I would not be able to give a one-sentence definition of the term, but a friend of mine immediately reminded me to use the light switch analogy, and I think that worked well. I tried to steer away from using too many jargon words, but computer science is very esoteric in its nature, so I had to use a few. As pointed out by Kaylee, I should have explained better what a function call is, or what logical operators are.<\/p>\n
Peer reviews are undoubtfully the most meaningful part of this assignment. When I read Kaylee’s article about Prosopagnosia, I realized that there are not many things that she can improve on. Her assignment contains good explanations, and the picture provided offers an interesting perspective on what Prosopagnosia is.<\/p>\n
With Kaylee’s review in mind, I was able to modify some key areas of my assignment. First of all, I managed to change the vague introduction, and I made more explicit that my intended audience is people who never coded before. I also excluded the digression about Boolean Objects, because it is indeed a bit irrelevant to the topic presented. Furthermore, I added an explanation of function calls, and I included some relevant information about naming conventions for boolean variables.<\/p>\n
Overall it was a great experience, and I admit that I have learned a lot by writing the three definitions for boolean variables. The peer review provided me with some good insight into what was to be done.<\/p>\n
Attached Revised Definitions:\u00a0301 Razvan Nesiu Definitions<\/a><\/p>\n