Developing STACK practice questions for the Mathematics Masters Programme at the OU
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v17i1.896Keywords:
e-assessment, STACK, design, implementationAbstract
The design and implementation of Masters level e-assessment in STACK is described for the introductory module M820 Calculus of Variations and Advanced Calculus in the Open University’s Masters Programme in Mathematics. Some basic design principles are described and illustrated for an online practice quiz on the use of the Jacobi equation to classify stationary paths.References
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