Calculated Questions - possibility for student to provide a step wise account of how they derived their response?

Calculated Questions - possibility for student to provide a step wise account of how they derived their response?

by Declan Maher -
Number of replies: 2

Hi all, 

Moodle 3.

I often use calculated question with random value options so that each student receives a different set of starting values.  However, where the student provides an incorrect response, I would like them to have the opportunity to provide a step wise breakdown of their strategy so that some marks could be given based on the level of their logical approach.  To date, the getaround method that I use to achieve this is to paste the various values generated by the question into individual essay questions and then place these in a category where one question is randomly chosen per student.  It's not an ideal approach and takes time.  So, my query relates to the possibility of designing  a calculated question with randomly generated input parameters that automatically corrects the response, as per normal, but could include an explanation box for students to relate how they arrived at their result.  Is this feasible or can anyone suggest an alternative getaround solution to the awkward method that I currently employ?

Many thanks for reading this.

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In reply to Declan Maher

Re: Calculated Questions - possibility for student to provide a step wise account of how they derived their response?

by Tim Hunt -
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One answer to your question might be https://moodle.org/plugins/qbehaviour_deferredfeedbackexplain.

Another answer is that if you want more sophisticated maths assessment, have a look at https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_stack and/or https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_formulas.
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Re: Calculated Questions - possibility for student to provide a step wise account of how they derived their response?

by Declan Maher -
Many thanks Tim. These are all very helpful