Grading essays in computer ethics: rubrics considered helpful

Authors:
Barbara Moskal;Keith Miller;L. A. Smith King
Affiliations:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO;Univ. of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, IL;College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Venue:
SIGCSE '02 Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2002

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Abstract

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.