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Authoring
Computer aided assessment of mathematics works in the following phases.
- Authoring,
- Testing and
- Deploying questions.
- Adding questions to a quiz and use by students.
- Reporting and statistical analysis.
Those new to STACK would probably prefer the Authoring quick start.
- Authoring quick start 1 A basic question.
- Authoring quick start 2 Multi-part mathematical questions.
- Authoring quick start 3 Turning simplification off.
There are also Sample questions. This page is a reference for all the fields in a question.
How STACK questions behave
- Guidelines to students on answer assessment.
- Providing feedback.
STACK question data structure
A stackQuestion
is the basic object in the system. Indeed, STACK is designed as a vehicle to manage these questions.
The table below shows the fields which make up a question.
The only field which is compulsory is in bold.
Name | Type | Details |
---|---|---|
Name | Meta | Names a question |
Question variables | Question Variables | These are potentially random variables which can be used to generate a question. |
Question text | CASText | This is the question the student actually sees |
General feedback | CASText | The worked solution is only available after an item is closed. |
Question note | CASText | Two randomly generated question versions are different, if and only if the question note is different. Use this field to store useful information which distinguishes versions. |
Inputs | The inputs are the things, such as form boxes, with which the student actually interacts. | |
Potential response trees | These are the algorithms which establish the mathematical properties of the students' answers and generate feedback. | |
Options | Options | Many behaviours can be changed with the options. |
Testing | These are used for automatic testing of an item and for quality control. |
See also
- Answer tests,
- Frequently Asked Questions,
- KeyVals
- Question versioning
- Specific adaptations of Maxima.
- Import and Export of STACK questions.
- Question blocks
Future plans
Yet to be completed:
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