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MidTerm Quiz Oct 25

• Resumes• Essays, Introductions• Toulmin Structure• Arguments• Evidence• ACM Code of Ethics• Code of ethics criticisms

Lesson Plan StructureMadeline Hunter Lesson

INTRO (warm up)Anticipatory Set (Focus Activity)Purpose (Objectives)

INSTRUCTIONInput (Content / Direct)Modeling (Show)Guided Practice

ASSESSMENT Check UnderstandingIndependent PracticeClosure (Ask the students to recap)

Attention getter

Computer scientists DO NOT need a code of ethics such as the ACM Code of Ethics.

Evidence

Toulmin StructureWarrant, Backing

Types of evidence• Statistics, Studies • Stories• Testimony / witness• Memory• Evidence– Physical– Analogical / Model– Circumstantial (indirect – inference from another fact)– Opinions– Description, analysis, decomposition, logic?

Types of Evidence V Values & beliefs E ExpertO opinion

S Statistics A Analogies F Facts E Examples

C Cause & effect A Anecdotes T Traditions & customs S Special rules

VEO SAFE CATS (“Veo” is Spanish for “I see”)

Types of Evidence Values & beliefs Economic growth cannot happen if our fellow citizens cannot afford to

feed, clothe and house themselves.

Expert Opinion Ohio has the fourth-highest breast cancer mortality rate in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.

Statistics Nine students were dismissed and another 37 given lesser punishments for cheating.

Analogies Electrical conduction is like water flowing in a stream.

Facts That same thinking was found at Philadelphia when the U.S. Constitution was created and sanctioned the Atlantic slave trade for 20 more years.

Examples Using a more efficient lamp, such as a compact fluorescent lamp, would save even more energy.

Cause & effect Without school funding for field trips, students are no longer able to learn about history firsthand.

Anecdotes While driving yesterday, I noticed an abundance of trash on the side of the road .

Traditions & customs Migrant labor violates the “golden rule.”

Special rules Everyone deserves a chance at achieving the “American Dream.”

Other types Witnesses, physical, direct, indirect, testimony, expert testimony and documents, hearsay

Hypothetical: If we do not pass stricter vehicle emission laws, Earth may become inhabitable within a few decades for future generations.

Direct evidence does not require secondary deduction or inference

Eyewitness testimonya defendant's confession

Indirect (a.k.a. circumstantial) evidence is a fact that can be used to infer another fact.

includes body fluids, fibers, and expert witnesses.

For example, a woman is found dead at her home with a fiber on her shirt. Eventually, the fiber can lead to the killer.

Direct vs. Indirect

Describe EVIDENCE for the claim that computer scientists DO NOT need a code of ethics such as the ACM Code of Ethics.

Try to choose the best or strongest evidence for the claim that you can.

Be sure to explain and describe the evidence and how it supports the claim.

Question Set #4

• Oct 11

List the four primary functions of codes of ethics described in Tavani (Ethics text).

AND

In Tavani (Ethics text), Ladd (1995) argues that ethical codes rest on a series of confusions that are both "intellectual and moral." His argument has three main points.

Describe those 3 points, which are criticism of codes of ethics. Be sure to describe them in sentences (not just list the names).