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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND).
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Partially automated assessment is implemented via the ‘Printable worksheet’ mode in the Numbas e-assessment system to create a mathematical modelling worksheet which is individualised with random parameters but completed and marked as if it were a non-automated piece of coursework, preserving validity while reducing the risk of academic misconduct via copying and collusion. A simple modelling scenario is used for this demonstration. A cylindrical tank of water is draining through a small hole in its base, with the size of the tank, size of the hole and initial volume of water randomised so that the details are different for each student. Students are guided through deriving a model of the movement of water out of their version of the tank, asked to compute the expected time for it to empty and asked to discuss some aspects of the model and their findings in a discursive narrative report.
Author(s): Rowlett P, Graham C, Lawson-Perfect C
Publication type: Note
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
Year: 2023
Pages: Epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 10/12/2023
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
ISSN (print): 0020-739X
ISSN (electronic): 1464-5211
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2023.2289068
DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2023.2289068
