1. Using Online Homework to Assist Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Nicole Engelke, West Virginia University Gulden Karakok, University of Northern Colorado Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University 2012 MAA MathFest Panel August 3, 2012

2. Potential as a research tool … Free, Open Source 25,000+ problems Designed by mathematicians – randomization – Answer Form and Checkers – LaTeX, Graphs, Data http://webwork.maa.org/

3. Assess Student Strengths and Weaknesses

4. Post-Score Course Grade

5. Potential as a research tool … Course Grade vs. Ability.

6. Potential as a research tool …

8. Capture How they solve the problem Tons of Quantitative Information How about Qualitative Information? Open Source!

9. Capture How they solve the problem

10. Study Clusters of Students

11. Assist with Classroom Research What are some characteristics of students’ understanding of concepts? What kind of “actions” students take when they know their answers are incorrect? How can these “actions” be improved towards understanding of the concepts using the technology in class and in the wild?

12.  SIGMAA-RUME Conference 2012: http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2012http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2012 2013: Denver, Colorado Contact Information:  Nicole Engelke, nengelke@math.wvu.edu  Gulden Karakok, gulden.karakok@unco.edu  Aaron Wangberg, awangberg@winona.edu RUME WeBWorK Working Group