An interactive evaluation system for learning mathematics

Semião, Paulo

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Semião, Paulo

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We present an interactive evaluation system for mathematics in the e-learning Moodle environment. One of the most important aspects of the teaching-learning process is to check the acquired knowledge and to achieve this goal we submit the students to questions, tests, and exams in their course materials. In this article we present a system which makes possible to choose a subject from a given list, in some area of mathematics, and the tool generates a test or exam for that subject. The kind of questions which are available are not only the usual multiple-choice questions but it is also possible to give short-answer questions. The system has algorithmic variations features and automatically generates slightly different instances of a test or exam, in such a way that a student would not get the same thing twice. From teachers’ side it is possible to give complete answers and detailed solutions to the questions and record scores. Based on my experience in teaching mathematics for mathematicians and engineers it provides questions that can check the calculating ability of a student but also the knowledge of a subject including proofs of theorems.