Automatic Generation and Delivery of Multiple-Choice Math Quizzes

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Ana Paula Tomas (Author) FCUP; Jose Paulo Leal (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING, CP 2013

Pages: 848-863

19th Annual International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP)

Uppsala, SWEDEN, SEP 16-20, 2013

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-F7R

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40627-0_62

Abstract (EN): We present an application of constraint logic programming to create multiple-choice questions for math quizzes. Constraints are used for the configuration of the generator, giving the user some flexibility to customize the forms of the expressions arising in the exercises. Constraints are also used to control the application of the buggy rules in the derivation of plausible wrong solutions to the quiz questions. We developed a prototype based on the core system of AGILMAT [18]. For delivering math quizzes to students, we used an automatic evaluation feature of Mooshak [8] that was improved to handle math expressions. The communication between the two systems - AgilmatQuiz and Mooshak - relies on a specially designed LATEX based quiz format. This tool is being used at our institution to create quizzes to support assessment in a PreCalculus course for first year undergraduate students.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16