Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S023

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Shortchanging Our Students? The Shortcomings of Short-answer Math Software

John C. Miller


The City College of CUNY

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ABSTRACT

Short-answer problems dominate math practice software, yet no responsible instructor accepts short answers in person or when grading problems manually because incorrect short answers typically convey insufficient information for optimally helpful responses. This presentation shows good and bad examples, analyzes responsibility, and proposes a cure.

Keyword(s): software