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== Web-Conference 1: Introduction, background information ==
  
== Web-Conference 1: Introduction, background information ==
   
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'''Date''': Around May 26
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'''Date''': May 26, 2011; 2-4pm EDT
   
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'''Presenters''': Jason Aubrey, Gavin LaRose, Paul Pearson?
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'''Presenters''': Jason Aubrey, Gavin LaRose, Paul Pearson
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[http://goo.gl/7DyP8 '''Session Recording''']
   
 
===Resources===
  
===Resources===
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[[IntroToWeBWorKProblems|What a WeBWorK Problem Is]]
   
 
[[ProblemAuthoring|Conference Problem Authoring Document]]
  
[[ProblemAuthoring|Conference Problem Authoring Document]]
   
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''<span style="color:blue;">Need link to workshop WeBWorK server</span>''
  
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[https://test.webwork.maa.org/webwork2/PREP_2011/ Main PREP_2011 WeBWorK Course]
   
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''<span style="color:blue;">Need sample WeBWorK course</span>''
  
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[[Web_Conference_Notes|Notes from the Web Conference]]
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[[media:Webwork-PREP-2011-Webconference1-Slides.pdf]] (the last page has links to other resources)
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[[media:WeBWorK_Problem_Authoring_Tutorial.pdf‎]]
   
 
===Agenda===
  
===Agenda===
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# Introduce presenters
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# Outline of goals
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## develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems
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## create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses
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## frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
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# Overview of the remainder of the workshop:
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## Web workshop 2 (good problems) - June 2?
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## Web workshop 3 (model courses & NPL problems) - June 9?
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## Web workshop 4 (web conference wrap-up, NPL curation, pre-Carriage House workshop logistics) - June 16?
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## Carriage House workshop: 23-26 June
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## Post-workshop web conference
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# Wiki: this page and surrounds. We will be developing this in the course of the workshop.
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# Problem groups
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# Problem Authoring
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## [[IntroToWeBWorKProblems|What a WeBWorK Problem Is]]
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## [[ProblemAuthoring|Introduction to Problem Authoring]]
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# Group authoring--comments on how to do this, observations about how to make it work
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# NPL: Explore in the sample WeBWorK course
   
 
=== Conference material ===
  
=== Conference material ===
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** Goals: 1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems, 2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses, and 3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
 
** Goals: 1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems, 2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses, and 3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
 
** Dates: webconference dates:
  
** Dates: webconference dates:
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*** 1 - ; 2 - ; 3 - ; 4 -
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*** 1: 26 May; 2 - ; 3 - ; 4 -
 
*** Carriage house dates: 23-26 June
  
*** Carriage house dates: 23-26 June
 
** Requirements:
 
** Requirements:
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:# Attend web conferences as much as possible
  
:# Attend web conferences as much as possible
 
:# Attend Carriage House worksohp
  
:# Attend Carriage House worksohp
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* Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course <i style="color:blue">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason?]</i>
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* Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course
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* Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work <i style="color:blue;">[We should be able to have the general course topics that we expect to use determined before we start.]</i>
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* Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work
 
* Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
  
* Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
 
** Problem authoring tutorials and resources
  
** Problem authoring tutorials and resources
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*** Basic editing: can we assume that everyone comes in knowing [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Problem_Authoring_Background_Information Basic Problem Authoring]?
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*** Basic editing: we cannot assume that everyone comes in knowing [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Problem_Authoring_Background_Information Basic Problem Authoring]
 
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Problem_Techniques Index of Problem Techniques]
  
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Problem_Techniques Index of Problem Techniques]
 
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/SubjectAreaTemplates Subject Area Templates]
  
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/SubjectAreaTemplates Subject Area Templates]
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** Discussion of problem authoring, MathObjects and Context <i style="color:blue">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Mike?]</i>
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** Discussion of problem authoring, MathObjects and Context
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* Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another <i style="color:blue;">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Gavin?]</i>
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* Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another
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* Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement <i style="color:blue;">[Need presenter]</i>
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* Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement
   
 
=== Assignment for next web-conference ===
  
=== Assignment for next web-conference ===
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* Find 2-4 problems in the NPL that we "like," in the sense of being "good" problems, for the first assignment in each model course.
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* Draft WeBWorK problems that model each of the following (or find a similar problem that the participant has already authored for WeBWorK)
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** Find the equation of the parabola through (0,1), (1,0) and (2,0).
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** Identify all points where the function f(x) = |x| + |x-1| is non-differentiable.
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** Determine if the function f(x) = sin(x^3)/x is positive, negative, or zero, and increasing, decreasing, or neither at x=2.
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** Find all critical points of g(x) = x + 1/x.
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* Read two papers on effective problems
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** R. Hubbard, Thinking about the question we ask our students, ''International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology'' (1994) '''25'''(5):717-725
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** D. Rohrer & K. Taylor, The shuffling of mathematics problems improves learning, ''Instructional Science'' (2007) '''35''':481-489.

Revision as of 13:59, 10 June 2011

Prep 2011 Main Page > Web Conference 1

Web-Conference 1: Introduction, background information

Date: May 26, 2011; 2-4pm EDT

Presenters: Jason Aubrey, Gavin LaRose, Paul Pearson

Session Recording

Resources

What a WeBWorK Problem Is

Conference Problem Authoring Document

Main PREP_2011 WeBWorK Course

Notes from the Web Conference

media:Webwork-PREP-2011-Webconference1-Slides.pdf (the last page has links to other resources)

media:WeBWorK_Problem_Authoring_Tutorial.pdf‎

Agenda

  1. Introduce presenters
  2. Outline of goals
    1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems
    2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses
    3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
  3. Overview of the remainder of the workshop:
    1. Web workshop 2 (good problems) - June 2?
    2. Web workshop 3 (model courses & NPL problems) - June 9?
    3. Web workshop 4 (web conference wrap-up, NPL curation, pre-Carriage House workshop logistics) - June 16?
    4. Carriage House workshop: 23-26 June
    5. Post-workshop web conference
  4. Wiki: this page and surrounds. We will be developing this in the course of the workshop.
  5. Problem groups
  6. Problem Authoring
    1. What a WeBWorK Problem Is
    2. Introduction to Problem Authoring
  7. Group authoring--comments on how to do this, observations about how to make it work
  8. NPL: Explore in the sample WeBWorK course

Conference material

  • Project description, dates and requirements
    • Goals: 1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems, 2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses, and 3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
    • Dates: webconference dates:
      • 1: 26 May; 2 - ; 3 - ; 4 -
      • Carriage house dates: 23-26 June
    • Requirements:
  1. There will be some work to be done between the web conferences
  2. Attend web conferences as much as possible
  3. Attend Carriage House worksohp
  • Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course
  • Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work
  • Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
  • Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another
  • Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement

Assignment for next web-conference

  • Find 2-4 problems in the NPL that we "like," in the sense of being "good" problems, for the first assignment in each model course.
  • Draft WeBWorK problems that model each of the following (or find a similar problem that the participant has already authored for WeBWorK)
    • Find the equation of the parabola through (0,1), (1,0) and (2,0).
    • Identify all points where the function f(x) = |x| + |x-1| is non-differentiable.
    • Determine if the function f(x) = sin(x^3)/x is positive, negative, or zero, and increasing, decreasing, or neither at x=2.
    • Find all critical points of g(x) = x + 1/x.
  • Read two papers on effective problems
    • R. Hubbard, Thinking about the question we ask our students, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (1994) 25(5):717-725
    • D. Rohrer & K. Taylor, The shuffling of mathematics problems improves learning, Instructional Science (2007) 35:481-489.
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