| Using Java Applets to Deliver Mathematics Assessment (2001) | |||||||||||
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| USING JAVA APPLETS DELIVER MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT Brian Daugherty Using Java Applets Deliver Mathematics Assessment Brian Daugherty Department Mathematics Portsmouth University Portsmouth Brian Daugherty port Abstract have used Java programs specifically deliver Mathematics assessment via the Internet This has primarily involved extending Question Mark Perception introduce more flexibility allowing full randomization numerical values used into questions product can also produce questions involving quasi randomization data being read from finite database and this can also used produce non mathematical questions and introduce several new types question Introduction Starting with the belief that traditional assessment programs tend too inflexible for maximal efficient use Mathematics have attempted improve the situation inserting appropriate Java programs into Question Mark Perception This bypasses the need invent the wheel constructing the entire assessment framework Question Mark Perception provides the scaffolding and allows concentrate purely the mathematical aspects The first stage has produce the randomised question techniques The second stage actually using these questions assessment part and parcel developing techniques improve Mathematics learning has only just begun with their use basic Key Skills Number unit delivered Portsmouth University over the Internet General Question Types good example using the off the shelf version Perception for mathematics assessment refer . I have used Java programs specifically to deliver Mathematics assessment via the Internet. This has primarily involved extending Question Mark Perception to introduce more flexibility - allowing full randomization of numerical values to be used into questions. As a by-product I can also produce questions involving "quasi" randomization (data being read from a finite database) and this can be also be used to produce non-mathematical questions, and to introduce several new types of question. | |||||||||||
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