MIDTERM

ddowler (ddowler@direct.ca) Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:36:39 -0800 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:36:39 -0800
From: ddowler <ddowler@direct.ca>
Subject: MIDTERM



Dr. Casas:

I have found that the labs and assignments seem very difficult at first,
but after a few hours of reading over them, and reading questions and
answers from the class, i understand them.  Once I understand the
assignment, it is A LOT easier to write code for it.  I sat and stewed
over the third assignment for about 4 hours, and when I had an
understanding of the problem, I wrote the code in about a half hour.  I
think this was the problem with the midterm.  It was too much to take in
all at once, especially with all the little details like the different
clock frequencies, the speed of sound in water, etc.

In real life, we would not start any design until we had a very good
idea of the problem specification, which takes some time and thinking.
Is there a way around this for the midterm?  If we were to write another
one, could we take it home and read the problem (and have a chance to
ask questions), and then come to class and write our code?  Or maybe you
could give us some simpler problems that take only 5 or 10 minutes to
understand, and don't have as many details.  What do you think?

Dustin Dowler
EECE 379