Dear Colleagues,

We continue our Colloquium in the Math Department.

Terry Walters and Stephen Kuhn,

Dept. of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Tuesday, March 2, EMCS 216, 3:00pm.

Why Should Teachers Use Shared Web-Based Homework

Abstract

For several years we have been using MathClass, a web-based homework
system developed at the University of Kentucky (UK) and freely available
to faculty in all disciplines. MathClass shares much functionality with
other web-based homework systems, including random selection of
problems, immediate grading of the homework with feedback to students
and faculty, and opportunities for email between student and teacher
with clear problem references. However, teachers using MathClass can
develop and post their own problem sets, can use and modify homework
sets developed by other faculty, can display extensive mathematical
symbolism with graphics, and can build their own problem generators.

In this presentation we will demonstrate the use of MathClass by
students and teachers, the full sets of materials we have written for
Math 136, 145, and 151, and the partial sets we have written for other
courses. We will also demonstrate the creation of problem generators and
the connection of problems to specific course objectives or disciplinary
standards.

Our work and that at UK is supported by the National Science Foundation.




Boris P Belinskiy

Department of Mathematics, Dept. 6956

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Ph. (423) 425-4748