Maths Teaching Seminar: STACK & Computer Aided Assessment, Wed 27 May, 1-2pm
21 May 2020
Chris Sangwin, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Edinburgh talks about computer aided assessment (CAA) of mathematics, with a focus on automatically establishing the properties of answers which have mathematical content.
In this talk Professor Sangwin will discuss computer aided assessment (CAA) of mathematics, with a focus on automatically establishing the properties of answers which have mathematical content. Based on these objective properties partial credit, feedback and cohort statistics can be generated. In particular, Professor Sangwin will illustrate this talk using the system STACK with examples from high-school algebra, and introductory calculus. He will briefly compare this with other available technology. It will also be demonstrated how such questions can be automatically assessed, and report use with existing students.
This will include a discussion of pedagogy and some examples from recent research into effective online assessment for mathematics.
Professor Sangwin will include some recent work at the University of Edinburgh where they have developed and implemented a fully online course using STACK.
You can join the seminar via the following Zoom link: