Project Evaluations: "Project: What's for Dinner?"

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Marius

March 28, 2017 15:51

I really enjoy doing project evaluations; I try to do a few every time I sign in to Khan. It makes me feel nice. :) I usually do the "What's for Dinner?" project, as it's a little more on my level right now. I was doing such an evaluation, when I looked closely at the first requirement: "Uses at least three shape drawing commands (besides the original plate)."

Does this mean: A. 'Use three separate shapes.' Example: ellipse, arc, and rec.

Or does it mean: B. Use three shape commands (doesn't matter which ones). Example: ellipse, ellipse, ellipse.

Can the shape commands be all of the same shape? Can you have doubles of something and still pass, or do you have to have at least three different shape commands? I have been evaluating projects using the mindset of option B, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Josh (SpongeJr)

March 28, 2017 16:15

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On behalf of the whole community, thank you for doing project evaluations! It makes me feel good to do them as well, as well as to see them being done and the peer evaluation system at work.

I agree it seems a little ambiguous there, but I would definitely say "B". It's been a while since I did a What's For Dinner evaluation, but when I did them, I'm pretty sure I always allowed the same shape.

Especially since it's so early in the curriculum, I really like to see What's for Dinner evaluated very "loosely" with regards to the rubric. Artistic/aesthetic quality should not be a factor (I might not have passed otherwise!) but I still occasionally see projects passed for not looking good enough. And in the past, some people used to fail absolutely amazing projects of bacon 'n' eggs and such because they're "breakfast not dinner!", until that part was clarified. Now we see a lot less of that :)

In any case, yeah, I think I always allow any 3 shapes, even all the same. As long as there's effort put into using them to draw something food-like, and other criteria are met, that's a pass from me!
Marius

March 28, 2017 20:36
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Thank you Josh for replying so quickly and clearly! Now I can evaluate with a little more confidence! God bless you!
Nathan Moses

April 04, 2017 23:27
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Josh is right!
Martin Nicol

September 14, 2017 02:27
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I recently received a guardian's comment that my evaluation for one of these projects was too strict. No ref to which evaluation so I have to guess it was one that had three different coloured circles on the plate. I said it needed more work because it did not look like food. He said as long as it had 3 shapes and three fills , that should be passed. What about the first criteria that it look like food?

I accept two circles as a fried egg, if the positioning suggest an egg but just three unrelated, uncommented, circles, no. The guardian then when on to say cubism was a valid art form - I think that a leap too far.

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