On Jan 20, 9:07 am, john_perry_usm <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't completely agree with the concerns others have raised about
> cheating. One of the wonderful aspects of computer-based evaluation is
> the ability to randomize questions: not just the numbers within
> questions, but the questions themselves. For years, I've given my
> Modern Algebra classes randomized tests where each student has a
> different test: if two students get together, it's likely that they'd
> have 1 or 2 common questions (out of 5, say) but no more.
>
> So imagine a worksheet that generates its own questions via one or
> more hidden, auto-executing procedures. All possible questions could
> be embedded in the code, but not all possible questions would be
> displayed, only the questions for a particular student.
>
> regards
> john perry
I'm not sure this is possible without having this visible to the
students via edit. On the other hand, one could create a randomly
generated worksheet using LaTeX and tex2sws, since SageTeX has access
to Sage's random number facilities...
- kcrisman
PS Yes, Rob, that means I was able to get tex2sws to work on Mac,
actually quite easily. Unfortunately, since Dan D. is constantly
updating SageTeX, I'm pretty sure that the one I have in my TeX distro
can't handle your more exotic examples (\begin{sageexample}?), and I
can never get the new SageTeX class file to find the right place to
live :(
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