Word: seltzers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...allowing the use of textbooks, Assistant Professor Margo I. Seltzer rendered a test of the minute details of C programming pointless. The only thing that could be tested remained the students' ability to apply the knowledge that they had acquired. They still had to have a very complete working knowledge of the language, and they could use the textbook to recall fleeting little bits of information that really shouldn't have been necessary to memorize...
...What we try to do is to simulate a real world environment as closely as you could in an exam." says Seltzer. She went on to explain that programmers wouldn't be asked to come up with algorithms in the real world without algorithms in the real world without the use of textbooks or similar resources, so it would not make sense to force students to do so on a test. The open-book policy will be continued in CS50 next year...
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer '83 says the discrepancy may result from a cultural bias against women who pursue scientific interests. "This problem starts much sooner than high school and college," she says...
...Seltzer says that just 20 percent of the 252 students enrolled in Computer Science 50, the introductory class she teaches, are female...
...addition, Many faculty members are using thenetwork in their classes. Assistant Professor ofComputer Science Margo I. Seltzer, who teaches herdepartment's introductory course, "ComputerScience 50," is one of several faculty members whorequire their students to have e-mail accounts...