Grading essays in computer ethics: Rubrics considered helpful

Barbara Moskal; Keith Miller; L. A.Smith King

doi:10.1145/563517.563380

Grading essays in computer ethics: Rubrics considered helpful

Barbara Moskal, Keith Miller, L. A.Smith King

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Computer ethics courses differ from technical courses in the manner in which they are taught and assessed. A common assignment in a computer ethics course is to write an essay that addresses a technical dilemma. Computer science faculty typically do not have training or experience in grading essays. The purpose of this paper is to present a scoring rubric that has been successfully used to grade and track students' knowledge development as they progress through a computer ethics course. Although this paper focuses upon a specific rubric, general principles will be emphasized to show how scoring rubrics can be used across different courses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-105
Number of pages	5
Journal	SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/563517.563380
State	Published - 2002
Event	Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Duration: Feb 27 2002 → Mar 3 2002

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