Programming Help: (Teaching Assistants)

Students seeking help from one of the CS1044 Teaching Assistants (TAs) are expected to have made a valid effort at solving a programming problem on their own first. Prior to getting help from one of the TAs students should have performed the following tasks:

• Created an outline of their problem solution.
• Converted their outline into C++ code.
• Documented their program as explained in the Elements of Programming Style.
• Be able to explain their code and describe the part of  problem/code with which they need help.

Students should NOT seek programming help with a problem from a TA if:

• They do not have a problem solution or have not made an attempt at a solution.
• They are unable to explain their solution strategy or they cannot explain the logic of their code.
• They do not have any documentation, (or they have almost no documentation).
• Their documentation is simply a restating of the program instructions.
• They have no indentation or layout of their code.
• They need help with concepts that were covered by previous programs.

Students who have NOT performed the required steps before requesting help from a TA may be instructed to first carry out the necessary work before help is rendered.