Midterm:

25% of overall grade.

Due: Friday, October, 31st 2008 2 PM.

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)