CS 302 Winter 2003
F. Vahid
Week 3

   * Excercise on precise communication
     - Explaining how to redraw a particular drawing
     - Same, but in noisy environment

   * Helping students in lab
     - How can you help 28 students when there's only 1 of you?
       - Simple math: 28 * 5 minutes = 140 minutes -- almost whole period!
     - Key -- teach them how to help themselves
       * "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; Teach a man to fish,
          and he eats for a lifetime."
       * "Solve a student's bug and his program works today; Teach a student
          to debug, and his programs will work for a lifetime."
       * Debugging their code is probably not feasible. Instead, give
         them suggestions on how to debug based on their problem
         - Important to teach them how to GROW programs, not write one
           big program before testing it out
         - Start small, build little by little
         - If stuck, insert print statements
         - Test functions individually
         - Use debugger
         - Make sure to teach them how to debug early in quarter, give
           incorrect programs and have students fix them
       * Require students to bring their books.
         - Point them to sections that may help with their problem
       * Don't just give answers -- help them to help themselves

   * TA copy accounts
     - For TA course-related use only  
       * Not for personal use, or classes the TA is taking 
     - CANNOT be shared with others