Testing Student Responses
How to test MathMatize exercise responses before assigning them
Testing Student Responses
Before assigning an exercise, test the responses students are likely to enter. This is especially important for randomized exercises, formula blanks, numeric blanks, units, and questions with several equivalent answer forms.
At the top of your exercise, in the exercise editor, click the “test” button to attempt it as a student.
What to test
- The intended correct answer.
- Equivalent correct forms, such as factored, expanded, simplified, or reordered expressions.
- Common incorrect answers.
- Empty or partial responses.
- Boundary cases for numeric tolerance.
- Several randomized versions when the exercise uses variables.
Formula and numeric answers
For formula answers, review whether simplification rules and variables behave as intended. For numeric answers, check tolerance and precision settings so students are neither marked wrong for harmless rounding nor marked correct for answers that are too far away.
Related references:
Units
When a blank expects units, test both the number and the unit formatting. If students may reasonably use different equivalent units, confirm those forms are accepted before assigning the exercise.
Related reference: Units: creator guide.