Developing and evaluating an online linear algebra examination for university mathematics

Christopher Sangwin (1)

1 Edin. - University of Edinburgh

In this paper I report development of an automatically marked online version of a current paper-based examination for a university mathematics course, and the extent to which the outcomes are equivalent to a paper-based exam. An online examination was implemented using the STACK online assessment tool which is built using computer algebra, and in which students' answers are normally typed expressions. The study group was 376 undergraduates taking a year 1 Introduction to Linear Algebra course. The results of this experiment are cautiously optimistic: a significant proportion of current examination questions can be automatically assessed, and the quantitative outcomes are moderately correlated with the paper examination.

Mots clés: Mathematics; undergraduate study; high stakes tests

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Education

Christopher Sangwin. Developing and evaluating an online linear algebra examination for university mathematics. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02430556⟩