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CCS CS20 S18
Name:
(as it would appear on official course roster)
Umail address: @umail.ucsb.edu
Optional: name you wish to be called
if different from name above.
Optional: name of "homework buddy"
(leaving this blank signifies "I worked alone"

ic00: CCS CS20 S18 Pair Partner Picking Planning

ready? assigned due points
true Tue 04/03 12:30PM Tue 04/03 02:20PM

You may collaborate on this homework with AT MOST one person, an optional "homework buddy".

This assignment should be submitted by scanning the pages in the correct order to a PDF file and uploading to gradescope.com.

For more information, visit ucsb-cs8.github.io and look for Gradescope: Student Self Submission under "topics".

Even though it is a Gradescope submission, nevertheless, *please fill in the information at the top of this homework sheet*, including your name and umail address.

This worksheet is intended to help you choose a pair partner, and/or whether the pair partner you’ve chosen is likely to be a good fit.

  1. (10 pts) These 10 points are for filling in your name at the top of the sheet, and scanning correctly on Gradescope. (Having these here gives me a place to give you feedback if there is some glitch with the way you are doing it.)

  2. (20 pts) Please indicate the pronouns you go by:
    ☐ he/him/his ☐ she/her/hers ☐ they/them/theirs

  3. (10 pts) In this course, some assignments will be completed along with a pair partner. Do you already have someone in mind that you want to work with as a pair partner?

    • Do they also want to work with you?
    • Are they in the same lab section as you?
    • Are they turning in this sheet with your name listed below?

    If the answer to all of those is YES, check this box: ☐ and then write that person’s name here:

    Otherwise, check this box: ☐ and we’ll choose a partner for you based on your responses below.

    PLEASE CONTINUE ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET

  4. (5 pts) For convenience, please repeat your name and lab section here:

    Name
     
     
  5. (15 pts) This course is designed for students with NO prior programming experience. Nevertheless, sometimes students enroll that DO have some prior programming experience. Studies show that student learn best when matched with pair partners at a level of prior experience similar to their own. So, please let us know: before you started in the course this quarter, you may have had no prior programming experience, some prior programming experience, or quite a bit of prior programming experience. On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is none, 5 is "some", and 10 is "considerable", how would you describe your programming experience prior to CMPSC 8? (Check only one)
    Prior Programming Experience
    None Some Considerable
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
  6. (15 pts) What is your level of self-confidence in terms of learning about Computer Science and programming in Python?
    Confident
    Not at all Somewhat Very
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
  7. (15 pts) How much support and help do you anticipate needing from the instructor?
    Amount of help needed
    Almost None Some but not much Quite a lot
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
  8. (10 pts) What is some information that you think your pair partner should know about you that will help you work better together? Write it down here and then share it with them.