SBIR Phase I: MathQuery: Improving Computer-Based Mathematics Assessment Using XML

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目提出了探索建立一个新的方法来分析和评估自由形式的学生的反应在基于计算机的评估和数学辅导系统的可行性。 这项研究将采用新的XML技术，试图评估学生的数学理解在一个更深的层次比现有的基于计算机的评估系统，这将导致改进的评估报告和适应数学课程。 建议的方法来实现数学评估不仅代表了一个创新的应用XML技术在教育中的一个重要问题，即数学评估，它也提出了一个新的规范，可以用来补充新兴的标准，在基于计算机的学习和互操作性。传统的标准化评估方法一直受到批评的技能水平低，他们评估。为了使数学教学适应个别学生的需要，必须改进评估方法。拟议的研究还将表明，XML技术可以解决一系列应用程序比电子商务和网络出版更广泛。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Phase I project proposes to explore the feasibility of creating a new method for analyzing and evaluating free-form student responses within computer-based assessment and tutorial systems for mathematics. This research will apply new XML technologies in an attempt to evaluate a student's mathematics understanding at a much deeper level than is possible with existing computer-based assessment systems, which will lead to improved assessment reporting and adaptation of mathematics curricula. The proposed method for implementing mathematics assessment not only represents an innovative application of XML technologies to a significant problem in education, namely mathematics assessment; it also proposes a new specification that can be used to supplement emerging standards in computer-based learning and interoperability.Traditional standardized assessment methodologies have been criticized for the low level of skills they evaluate. Improved assessment methods are necessary in order to adapt mathematics instruction to the needs of individual students. The proposed research will also demonstrate that XML technologies can address a range of applications much broader than e-commerce and web publishing.