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We developed an online sketch-based input and grading tool, which can be integrated into existing MOOC platforms; this tool allows students to construct graphs using mouse, touch, or pen input and provides immediate targeted feedback. This paper presents some preliminary results from use of this sketching tool in 18.01.1x Calculus 1A: Differentiation, an online calculus course offered by MIT on the edX platform.
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See the “Graph Editor” figure on page 3 of ETS’s automatic scoring technologies brochure: https://www.ets.org/Media/Home/pdf/AutomatedScoring.pdf
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A tutorial problem and several problems created with an earlier prototype of the sketching tool are not include in these results.
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While information on the devices used by students is indeed logged by edX platform, it is not exported by edX’s instructor-facing interface. We hope to obtain this information in the future.
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French, J., Segado, M.A., Ai, P.Z. (2017). Sketching Graphs in a Calculus MOOC: Preliminary Results. In: Hammond, T., Adler, A., Prasad, M. (eds) Frontiers in Pen and Touch. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64239-0_7
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