Refereed papers
Abstract – 10th March, 2012
Full Paper – 30th April, 2012
Guidlines for the Abstract
The abstract should summarise the scope and results of the paper in a concise and accurate manner without references to other works.
It should be of a length of no more than 200 words, and should, in the paper, be in 10 pt italicized font with a 2.5cm left and right indent.
The abstract will appeal to people to attend your session and download your paper from the web site.
TITLE Web-delivered Computer Aided Assessment in maths: stack
ABSTRACT
ITs Time for moodle-using high school sites to look at the latest in reliable web-delivered "computer aided assessment" (CAA) for year 12 mathematics.
The system described in this talk is stack
http://stack.bham.ac.uk
stack is totally free, open-source, runs under moodle, and its maths is underpinned by the maxima Computer Algebra (CA) system.
All good maths CAA programs are underpinned by CA.
The CA recognizes equivalent forms of correct answers; marks correct answers correct and wrong answers wrong.
The larger class sizes in universities has led to a lot of use of such CAA programs, and lower-level first year university maths overlaps with upper-level high-school maths topics.
Though the phrase "Computer Aided Assessment" is used, the main advantage to the students is instant feedback on whether their answer is correct.
And, in practice mode, generating further similar questions, and attempting them, helps students learn.
The paper will describe both the software underpinnings of stack and why ITs Time for its use in high-school teaching.
END OF ABSTRACT
Paper will be submitted to the ITs Time to integrate (!) strand
19 March 2012 12:21
Hello Grant Keady
We are pleased to let you know that your proposal for a refereed paper for
the ACEC2012 has been accepted as suitable for the conference.
Web-delivered Computer Aided Assessment in maths: stack
You now have until 30th April to submit your full paper through the online
system
(http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/web-delivered-computer-aided-assessment-maths-stack)
for reviewing. Once that process has been completed you will be informed of
the final acceptance, or otherwise, of your paper. At that stage you will
need to register to attend the conference because papers will only be
included for registered participants.
In a few cases we have changed the strand nominated for the paper. Please
note that if you want to change the strand in which your paper would appear
or want to change to another type of presentation (i.e. non-refereed) please
email us (j.pagram@ecu.edu.au or p.newhouse@ecu.edu.au).
Please ensure you follow the guidelines provided for writing papers.
Thank you for your interest in contributing to the conference.
Regards
Paul Newhouse & Jeremy Pagram