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A Model Course is a complete implementation of WeBWorK for a selection of standard courses. The intent of a model course is to provide an example that might be quickly adopted and utilized by a new user.
   
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==What is a Model Course?==
  
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The following models can be reviewed by logging in to the appropriate course as a guest user. In this mode, problems can be viewed but answers will not be checked. Easy mechanisms for utilizing these models are currently under construction but anyone desiring to have the current set of problems should download the zipped up set of files available under each course.
   
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One of our goals is to create ''Model Courses''. By this, we mean a set of WeBWorK problem sets with problems that will match the course syllabus for one or more textbooks.
  
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As of August 2012, these are still under development. Please consider utilizing them with that understanding. If you have suggestions, please pass them along to the WeBWorK team.
   
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=== Model Course View from Web Conference 12/14/2011 ===
  
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Some model courses are available for download at https://github.com/openwebwork/webwork-model-course-library
   
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* We could have a set of (polished) model courses in the SVN, say .../courses in the SVN tree, that would unpack in the courses directory of an installation (this would require that the courses directory be in a predicatable location). This would then show up in the "copy templates from" drop down when creating a course.
  
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* The set definitions in the model courses should be in several groups:
  
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** Topic definitions (to allow easy browsing of problems by topic in the course)
  
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== College Algebra ==
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** Syllabus definitions (to allow easy creation of sets that match a given syllabus)
  
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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** Textbook definitions (to allow easy creation of sets that match a given text)
  
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/CollegeAlgebra | College Algebra|The Standard Course|CollegeAlgebraLogo.png}}
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=== An alternate view of a Model Course ===
  
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== Develpmental Math ==
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/BeginningAlgebra | Beginning Algebra|Pre-College Algebra Developmental Course|CollegeAlgebraLogo.png}}
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/DevelopmentalMath | Developmental Math|The Common Core Standards - Course Preparing Students for College|CollegeAlgebraLogo.png}}
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* [[What is a Model Course]]
  
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== Mathematics for Teachers ==
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/Math for Elementary Education | Math for Teachers | Traditional course for prospective Elementary Teachers |Teacher2.png}}
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==Contents==
  
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== Statistics ==
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|MAA - Elementary Statistics | MAA - Elementary Statistics | Standard service course in prob/stats |Statistics.png}}
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What should be in a Model Course:
  
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== Pre-Calculus ==
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* Information about the text(s) to which it is matched
  
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* Information about the syllabus that it assumes
  
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/Trigonometry | Trigonometry|Standard approach starting with degrees |Geometry.png}}
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* The set definition files (or sets of set definition files) that provide the problem sets for the course
  
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* Any problems that are developed to fill in gaps in the NPL
  
   
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==Issues==
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== Calculus ==
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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<!-- |style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|Calculus Classic | Calculus Classic| Calculus from a traditional approach |Integral.png}} -->
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/Reform Calculus | Reform Calculus | Harvard Calculus|Calculus-reform.png}}
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|ModelCourses/Differential Calculus | Reform Differential Calculus | Harvard Calculus|Calculus-reform.png}}
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{|width = "100%" align="center" -->
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|Business Calculus | Business Calculus| Applied Calculus for Business Majors |Integral.png}}
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* Naming conventions: how should we name sets and problems so that they are consistent (within the course) and useful?
  
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== Linear Algebra ==
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* Completeness: how much should the model courses be a complete set of problem sets and problems for a course?
  
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* Can/should we have ''model units'' that combine to make a model course?
  
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline| ModelCourses/Linear_Algebra | Introductory Linear Algebra | Vectors, Matrices, Vector Spaces, Linear Transformations |Linearalgebra-logo.png}}
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* How would these ''model units'' fit into the organizational structure?
  
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* How can we include documentation that discusses how these materials are used?
  
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** Can this be addressed with naming convention?
  
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** Should it be addressed by organizational structure within the model?
  
   
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==Instructions for Importing and Exporting Model Sets==
  
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== Proof Courses ==
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*[[ModelCourses/Instructions for importing problem sets|Instructions for importing problem sets]]
  
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*[[ModelCourses/Instructions for exporting problem sets|Instructions for exporting problem sets]]
  
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline|Introduction to Proofs | Foundations of Mathematics|Truth Tables, Methods of Proofs, etc.|Proof2.png}}
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==Organization==
  
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== Differential Equations ==
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{|width = "100%" align="center"
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|style="width: 33%; border-width: 0px;"|{{projectline| ModelCourses/Ordinary_Differential_Equations | Ordinary Differential Equations | Ordinary Differential Equations, Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations, Laplace Transform |Vector-field.png}}
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How should all of these data be organized? A possible model:
  
   
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CourseName/
  
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[[Category:Model_Courses]]
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Textbook_Readme
  
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Syllabus_Readme
  
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Set_Definitions/
  
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sethomework0.def
  
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sethomework1.def
  
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etc.
  
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Set_Headers/
  
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setheader0.pg
  
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setheader1.pg
  
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etc.
  
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Problem_Files/
  
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prob01.pg
  
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prob02.pg
  
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etc.
  
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Hardcopies/
  
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homework0.pdf
  
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homework1.pdf
  
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etc.
  
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== Course Pages ==
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/CollegeAlgebra|College Algebra]] ===
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/Trigonometry|Trigonometry]] ===
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/Calculus 1|Calculus 1]] ===
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/Multivariate Calculus|Multivariate Calculus]] ===
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/Linear Algebra|Linear Algebra]] ===
  
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=== [[ModelCourses/Math for Elementary Education|Math for Elementary Education]] ===
  
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[[Category:PREP 2011]]
  
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[[Category:Events]]
  

Latest revision as of 09:11, 22 June 2021

A Model Course is a complete implementation of WeBWorK for a selection of standard courses. The intent of a model course is to provide an example that might be quickly adopted and utilized by a new user.

The following models can be reviewed by logging in to the appropriate course as a guest user. In this mode, problems can be viewed but answers will not be checked. Easy mechanisms for utilizing these models are currently under construction but anyone desiring to have the current set of problems should download the zipped up set of files available under each course.

As of August 2012, these are still under development. Please consider utilizing them with that understanding. If you have suggestions, please pass them along to the WeBWorK team.

Some model courses are available for download at https://github.com/openwebwork/webwork-model-course-library

College Algebra

CollegeAlgebraLogo.png
 College Algebra
The Standard Course

Develpmental Math

CollegeAlgebraLogo.png
 Beginning Algebra
Pre-College Algebra Developmental Course
CollegeAlgebraLogo.png
 Developmental Math
The Common Core Standards - Course Preparing Students for College

Mathematics for Teachers

Teacher2.png
 Math for Teachers
Traditional course for prospective Elementary Teachers

Statistics

Statistics.png
 MAA - Elementary Statistics
Standard service course in prob/stats

Pre-Calculus

Geometry.png
 Trigonometry
Standard approach starting with degrees

Calculus

Calculus-reform.png
 Reform Calculus
Harvard Calculus
Calculus-reform.png
 Reform Differential Calculus
Harvard Calculus
Integral.png
 Business Calculus
Applied Calculus for Business Majors

Linear Algebra

Linearalgebra-logo.png
 Introductory Linear Algebra
Vectors, Matrices, Vector Spaces, Linear Transformations

Proof Courses

Proof2.png
 Foundations of Mathematics
Truth Tables, Methods of Proofs, etc.

Differential Equations

Vector-field.png
 Ordinary Differential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equations, Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations, Laplace Transform
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