Pilot Implementation of an Interactive Homework System for Common Core Level Mathematics Courses at HKUST

Project Title

Pilot Implementation of an Interactive Homework System for Common Core Level Mathematics Courses at HKUST

Project Leader

Prof Allen Moy

School / Dept

SSCI / MATH

Project Duration

Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

Project Description

The project aimed at initiating the implementation of an interactive homework system (known as WeBWorK) for common core mathematics courses, in anticipation of the change in higher education system under 3-3-4 curriculum. The features of the WeBWorK system were tailor-made for the mathematics courses, such as interactive individualized homework with immediate feedback, formative assessment by interactive homework sets on mathematical skills, and a large library of thousands of homework problems for common core mathematics courses.

Project Outcome

WeBWorK has been implemented in MATH1003 for over 500 students in Fall 2011, and there was follow-up use of WeBWorK for the courses MATH2111 and MATH2011 for over 750 students during Spring 2012. An additional implementation of Mathematics Support Center in providing walk-in tutorial help for students taking WeBWorK courses has been piloted. The department will further expand WeBWorK and the Mathematics Support Center in the future, with the goal to establish WeBWorK and the Mathematics Support Center as a key infrastructure in delivering quality service courses in a cost-efficient manner.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

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