Grading Guide (CS1112 – P4)
The coded items below (e.g., c1e, s2a) indicate what a student’s solution should accomplish. Codes that
begin with the letter ‘c’ deals with correctness; codes that begin with ‘s’ deals with style.
Grader: If a student’s solution does not accomplish task c1a, for example, then write the task code ‘c1a’
along with any diagnostic remarks you can give. Count the number of correctness and style errors
separately.
Items marked with ** count as two errors. In the table below, the top row lists the possible scores (1 to
5). The next row lists the number of correctness errors corresponding to every score category. The style
score is determined similarly. Enter the total score (maximum of 10) in CMS as the project score. If there
are bonus questions, enter any bonus points separately in the “Bonus Bucket,” separate from the project
score.
Student: Read the grading guide for every project, even if you get a perfect score! Notice from the table
below that we often give one or two “freebies,” i.e., mistakes that don’t cost you any points. Learn from
working on the project, and learn from any mistakes.
Scores
c and s stand for correctness and style; see table below
parts with ** next to them means that they are double the value, *** for triple, etc.
Score 0 1 2 3 4 5
#correctness errors >10 7-10 5-6 3-4 2 0-1
#style errors—general >=3 2 0-1
s3a style score: 0, 1, 2, or 3 points
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