Midterm:

25% of overall grade.

Due: Friday, March 5th, 2010, 11:59 PM (EMAIL your PDF to TA).

The papers chosen for the midterm should be papers not part of the class readings or used in your assignment 2

Please use 12 point Times Roman, double space, 1" top and bottom margins, 1.5" left and right margins.  Don't forget a reference list at the end.

Deductions:

            -5 - Paper is too long

            -10 - For each day paper is late        

General requirement: ONLY include your first and last name at the top right of the first page; no need for a cover page.

Undergrad requirement: Page 5: References

Grad requirement: Page 6: References

References should be in a standard format (like MLA)

Undergraduate: Read two research papers in HCI that are not related.  Write an integrated paper that combines the two ideas.  Total length: 4 pages. 

Page 1: Identify a problem you believe the two papers, in combination, could help address. 

Page 2: Summarize the two papers

Pages 3-4: Write a compelling argument on how to integrate the results from the two papers

Grading:

Paper Topic Identification (10 points)

·        How important is the topic? (3 points)

·        How well did the student identify the population being helped? (3 points)

·        How well did the student argue that the benefits of addressing the topic? (4 points)

Summary (30 points)

·        For each paper (15 points undergrad):

§         Citation accuracy [include hyperlink if possible] (3 points)

§         Summary accuracy (8 points)

§         How the paper fits into the topic being addressed (4 points)

Integration of Ideas (60 points)

·        Overall idea: (30 points )

o       Originality: (10 points)

o       How well the approach addresses the identified issues: (10 points)

o       How well the proposed approach would work: (10 points)

·        Use of papers (20 points)

o       (for each paper): Explaining how each paper was integrated (10 points)

·        Conclusions (10 points)

o       The impact of your proposed approach (10 points)

Graduate: Read three research papers in HCI that are not related.  Write an integrated paper that combines the three ideas.  Total length: 5 pages. 

Page 1: Identify a problem you believe the papers, in combination, could help address. 

Page 2: Summarize the papers.

Pages 3-4: Write a compelling argument on how to integrate the results from the papers.  Hypothesize a prototype.

Pages 5: Explain how you would evaluate your prototype (citing study design, questionnaires, etc. in the literature that you derived this from).

Paper Topic Identification (10 points)

·        How important is the topic? (3 points)

·        How well did the student identify the population being helped? (3 points)

·        How well did the student argue that the benefits of addressing the topic? (4 points)

Summary (30 points)

·        For each paper (10 points grad):

§         Citation accuracy [include hyperlink if possible] (2 points)

§         Summary accuracy (5 points)

§         How the paper fits into the topic being addressed (3 points)

Integration of Ideas (30 points)

·        Prototype idea: (15 points )

o       Originality: (5 points)

o       How well the approach addresses the identified issues: (5 points)

o       How well the proposed approach would work: (5 points)

·        Use of papers (15 points)

o       (for each paper): Explaining how each paper was integrated (5 points)

Evaluation (20 points)

·        Study Design (10 points)

·        Study Metrics (7 points)

·        Study Population (3 points)

Conclusions (10 points)

·        The impact of your proposed approach (10 points)