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AUTHOR
Chris Sangwin
Development of teaching-modules in computational Mathematics and STACK in cooperation with students
We report a project assigned to two second year bachelor students. They create two modules that first year students in electronics test out in February 2017. In module one they create a small course in Computational Mathematics using Maxima to solve problems in Integration. In module two they create a training course in STACK. STACK is an advanced Computer Aided Assessment system for mathematics which goes well beyond relying on multiple choice and other selected response question types. In particular, random versions of a particular question are generated in a structured mathematical way. The main goal of the project is that, under staff guidance, students create a test in STACK for studen…
A collaboratively-derived research agenda for e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics
AbstractThis paper describes the collaborative development of an agenda for research on e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics. We built on an established approach to develop the agenda from the contributions of 22 mathematics education researchers, university teachers and learning technologists interested in this topic. The resulting set of 55 research questions are grouped into 5 broad themes: errors and feedback, student interactions with e-assessment, design and implementation choices, affordances offered by e-assessment tools, and mathematical skills. This agenda gives a framework for a programme of research aligned with practical concerns that will contribute to both theoretical an…