Teaching Mathematics in Online Courses - An Interactive Feedback and Assessment Tool
Edgar Seemann · 2014
Online courses often require students to work self-dependently using books or video material. For abstract subjects such as mathematics this is particularly challenging. To improve student motivation and learning results, we propose an interactive feedback and assessment tool tailored to math exercises. Our system is able to process and analyze mathematical expressions using an underlying computer algebra system. It allows teachers to create exercises with a much wider range of question types as it is possible with today’s learning management systems, which are mostly restricted to multiple choice questions. We can provide automatic individual feedback to students for almost any kind of mathematical exercise. Thus, making it easier for students to practice and study math in a self-dependent manner.