Ellen Spertus

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Ellen Spertus

Aug 20, 2020 17:39

Thanks for trying to help, @Buffy. I already have all of the programming projects I want for that class and am trying to understand how to use rubrics to test students' understanding of the representations through answering questions where they work things out by hand.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 20, 2020 16:37

@MartinSleziak You're probably right. It's moot, however, since the other person deleted their comments, so I will delete mine. Thank you.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 20, 2020 00:31

I posted a question that has devolved into a back-and-forth in the comments about what I should be doing. I would welcome moderator intervention. cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/6478/…

Ellen Spertus

Feb 26, 2019 05:59

@BenI. @Buffy Thank you. I desnarked my original answer.

Ellen Spertus

Feb 25, 2019 16:14

I could use some backup if any of you are so inclined. academia.stackexchange.com/questions/125524/…

Ellen Spertus

Jun 23, 2018 19:48

@GypsySpellweaver Thanks for the suggestion. I thought other people gave good answers so felt no need to add my own. I'll take a look at yours.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 23, 2018 02:33

@Buffy I don't mind the advice, but I have to be selective about what I spend my time on.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 23, 2018 00:00

Thank you for your comment.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 22, 2018 23:49

@Buffy The field is CS (hence my bringing it to this group's attention). See the first sentence of the question.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 22, 2018 23:47

@Buffy No. I could use some backup in the comments if you are so inclined. academia.stackexchange.com/a/111600/269

Ellen Spertus

Jun 22, 2018 22:03

Q: Should graduate student TAs tell undergraduates to leave a major?

While I was a TA for an undergraduate CS course, I built up a good teaching relationship with a student who was struggling. By the end of the course, she had turned things around and was performing much better. We hadn't spoken since I was her teacher until she reached out to me about a graduate...

Ellen Spertus

Jun 22, 2018 22:02

@Buffy Oops, I didn't mean to point to an answer. I meant the question in general.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 22, 2018 21:35

People might want to comment on this post in Academia Stack Exchange. academia.stackexchange.com/questions/111582/…

Ellen Spertus

May 11, 2018 19:18

I have no grudge against you, @GypsySpellweaver. Farewell.

Ellen Spertus

May 11, 2018 19:17

I also didn't come here to discuss sexual harassment.

Ellen Spertus

May 11, 2018 19:16

@Buffy As I've told you before, I don't condone sexism against any group. I'll be leaving this chat room. I don't want to be somewhere where people say things like "men/women/blacks/whoever are just crazy".

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Ellen Spertus

Jun 21, 2019 22:57

@ElizabethHenning I don't know what stage of your career you are at, but we will be doing a tenure-track search this year at Mills, a Hispanic-serving women's college in Oakland, California.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 19, 2019 02:44

@sgf I agree that the research on disproportionate attention is for children not young adults. I included it as an example of women being as biased as men. I've added a qualifying adjective.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 19, 2019 02:44

Thanks, @ElizabethHenning. I've changed my answer.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 19, 2019 02:44

Thank you, @ElizabethHenning. Do you think taking an IAT serves a purpose, even if a different one that I mentioned? I'll think about your suggested change to my wording. I do mean to include other differences that may not count as legal disabilities (just human variation). "Disability status" seems to me to be a binary about the person, which, as a person with a disability, I don't like (I have a disability but do not think of myself as disabled, since I can do lots and lots of things), but I'll solicit more opinions.

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Ellen Spertus

Feb 27, 2019 21:28

@Spectrosaurus I'm sorry you found my language offensive. I encourage you to post your comment as an answer.

Ellen Spertus

Feb 27, 2019 21:28

@Dylan Fair enough. I've removed the offending sentence.

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Ellen Spertus

Feb 26, 2019 15:45

I think your title is unnecessarily dismissive of people who might not think the terms master-slave are appropriate. A better title might be should I avoid using potentially offensive language when alternatives are available?

Research on John Ervin

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Ellen Spertus

Sep 1, 2018 23:10

@JanMurphy Thanks, @JanMurphy. I'll look into it.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 03:02

On image 211, I don't see a reference to Elizabeth Ervin, just James.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 03:00

In your discussion of image 192, do you mean Elizabeth Ervin instead of Catherine Ervin?

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 03:00

I am a NEHGS member but not a NGS member.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 03:00

I do not have a subscription to Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 21, 2018 22:17

I was going to ask you what a FAN network was but got it after a few Googles.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 21, 2018 15:27

I wonder if I can find the images for the records Katharine Crichton cites here: familysearch.org/search/catalog/…

Ellen Spertus

Aug 21, 2018 15:24

Q: Who were the wives of John Ervin (1791-1843)?

According to Benjamin Shinn in Biographical Memories of Blackford County (The Bowen Publishing Company, 1900, p. 240): John Ervin was prominent among the early settlers. His early life was spent in Maryland; then he lived in Perry county, Ohio, and came here in 1837. He was married twice,...

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Ellen Spertus

Aug 21, 2018 15:24

This is for discussion related to this question. genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/14615/…

Ellen Spertus

Aug 21, 2018 15:22

This is for discussion of this question: genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/14615

Roots

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Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 21:16

Q: Confirming a connection

Ancestry connected me with 2 people that are siblings, (Unknown to me) .Our DNA match between me and the other 2 is 850 and 971 CM respectively. They are 10 and 20 years older than me as well. Based on timelines and Geographical proximity to my Paternal grandparents, I'm left to wonder if my Gr...

autosomal-dna proof

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 21:16

Example question:

Ellen Spertus

Aug 25, 2018 21:15

I'm curious what people would think of a tag non-paternity-event or paternity, or is that a question for meta?

Ellen Spertus

Aug 8, 2018 17:36

CSE desperately wants to grow (and leave beta). The moderators and senior users even have an area to help newcomers write good questions.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 8, 2018 17:35

I think a big part of how to treat newcomers is based on whether you want the group to have less experienced users join or want to keep the user base relatively small and sophisticated.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 8, 2018 17:33

I don't quite understand how Community Wiki works, but I think that may also be relevant.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 8, 2018 17:33

@ColeValleyGirl Sharing your knowledge in this fashion is officially considered good (although I rarely see it done). genealogy.stackexchange.com/help/self-answer

Ellen Spertus

Aug 5, 2018 22:45

I also think it's appropriate for a moderator to step in and prune the string of comments.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 5, 2018 22:44

Thanks for responding. I did not see that there were multiple answers by the same user. I was active in the early days of computer science educators stackexchange. We always tried to educate new users and encourage them to improve and stay, but I recognize that different groups have different standards, which is why I asked.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 5, 2018 21:26

@JanMurphy Thank you. I'd also appreciate input on the best way to respond to a flawed answer by a new user (downvoting, suggesting improvements, etc.).

Ellen Spertus

Aug 5, 2018 16:36

I think some moderator/senior user input could be used on the chat chain for this answer. genealogy.stackexchange.com/a/14566/4078

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Ellen Spertus

Aug 6, 2018 21:00

@JanMurphy Good point.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 6, 2018 04:25

@colevalleygirl thank you for your reply. I think it is more useful to comment on a question then downvote it when you see a problem with it. As for full siblings being 50% related, that is such basic biology that I wouldn't have thought it's needed sourcing either. I try to be extra encouraging to newcomers so they remain in the group.

Ellen Spertus

Aug 6, 2018 04:25

I'm not sure why you got voted down after such a well-written and informative answer. I hope you don't get discouraged and that you do continue participating on this stackexchange.

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Ellen Spertus

Jun 24, 2018 07:17

@Ben I don't think this exchange is productive and will no longer be participating in it. Third parties should not take that as acquiescence.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 24, 2018 07:17

@Ben I said that the existence of sexism in CS was relevant (i.e., might be a factor in how the TA acted or the student would react). You said the gender of the student is "utterly irrelevant". It may or may not be relevant. I don't see how you can make such a strong statement. As you say, there is no evidence in the post in either direction. What I said is not "operationally equivalent to expecting criticism to be softened to females". It is being conscious that sexism in the field exists.

Ellen Spertus

Jun 24, 2018 07:17

Nobody said that "there is any duty to soften competency assessments for [underrepresented] groups". The reason gender is relevant is that there is so much known gender discrimination in CS that it is credible that the TA is judging the student harsher than he would if she were female.