WebMath: Survey

[Paul Strickland]

Dear Guillermo,
    TREEFROG is a PC based system which allows students to enter
step-by-step solutions to equations; you can download a free copy from

http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treewin.htm

I am working in conjunction with a German company, IQSYS, to deliver the
same functionality via the web. This will include a formula editor, which
you can find out about at

http://www.iqsys.de/sites/beispiele/bsp_forms1.htm

(assuming your German is better than mine! If not, I can take you through
it). If you are interested in collaborating in this, please let me know,

--


         best wishes,

Paul Strickland : Academic Recruitment Coordinator


Room 737
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University
Byrom Street
Liverpool L3 3AF

tel: 0151-231-2274
fax: 0151-207-4594

Home page-
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/index.htm
Computer-aided assessment page-
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treefrog.htm
Chaos & Fractals Page
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/cmsma304.htm


Guillermo Alzuru wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University
> of
> Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the
> MATHML
> code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly
> test
> students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
> equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where
> you
> actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the
> answers.
>
> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students
> to
> enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but
> we're
> hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work
> well.
>
> I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to
> allow
> students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems
> step
> by step.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Guillermo
>
> ________________
> Guillermo Alzuru
> Web Instructional Development
> University of Georgia
> Center for Continuing Education, #194D
> Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> WebMath at mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List
> To unsubscribe:
> via Web:     http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl
> via e-mail:  send message a to majordomo at mail.math.ca with
> "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message
> List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/
> -----------------------------------------------------------------




-----------------------------------------------------------------
WebMath at mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List
To unsubscribe:
via Web:     http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl
via e-mail:  send message a to majordomo at mail.math.ca with
"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message
List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/
-----------------------------------------------------------------