An Internet Based System for Mathematics Homework Problems

该项目将从目前正在使用的网络工作的试验版本开发一个强大、便携、易于使用的软件应用程序，并将向其他教育机构免费提供这一应用程序。它还将开发和分发一个关于网络微积分和微积分预科问题的数据库。WeBWorK是一个基于互联网的系统，用于生成和分发作业问题给学生。网络作业提高了数学、物理和其他科学和工程学科的家庭作业的教育有效性，因为它为学生提供关于答案有效性的即时反馈，并使他们有机会在仍在思考问题的同时纠正错误。WebWork还为学生提供了个性化的问题版本，这意味着教师可以鼓励学生合作，但每个学生必须找到他或她自己版本的问题的答案。使用WebWork，教师可以提出微积分和其他课本中的大多数问题。WebWork可以处理问题，除了标准的真假、匹配或简短回答问题外，还需要数字或符号答案。由于网络工作是一种基于互联网的程序，教师可以使用任何互联网工具，如Java脚本或Java小程序，以提高问题的教育效果。该项目将为那些希望分发自己的网络问题的人提供一个中心位置。

This project will develop a robust, portable, easy-to-use software application from the pilot version of WeBWorK currently in use, and will make this freely available to other educational institutions. It will also develop and distribute a database of WeBWorK calculus and pre-calculus problems.WeBWorK is an internet-based system for generating and delivering homework problems to students. WeBWorK enhances the educational effectiveness of homework in mathematics, physics, and other science and engineering disciplines by providing students with immediate feedback on the validity of their answers and giving them the opportunity to correct mistakes while they are still thinking about the problem. WeBWorK also provides students with individualized versions of problems which means instructors can encourage students to work together; yet each student must develop an answer to his or her own version of the problem.Using WeBWorK, instructors can ask most questions found in calculus and other texts. WeBWorK can handle questions, which require numeric or symbolic answers in addition to standard true false, matching or short answer questions. Since WeBWorK is an Internet based program, instructors can use any Internet tools, such as JavaScript or Java applets, to enhance the educational effectiveness of the problems. The project will provide a central location for those who wish to distribute their own WeBWorK problems.