© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th Maple T.A. User Summit Paul DeMarco, Director of Development, Maple T.A. … Transforming testing and assessment October 22 – 24, 2014 Amsterdam, NL

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 “… technology will allow for the collection and management of fine-grained data throughout the teaching, learning, and assessment process that can be used to monitor and inform student learning” “… digital technologies [can be] a means for diminishing the lines between testing situations, instruction and learning.” - Clifford Hill, Columbia University (Gordon Commission Report “A Vision for the Future of Assessment”) The Future of Testing and Assessment

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Possible Future Trends in Testing and Assessment: – Partial Marks – Skills assessment – Learning – Feedback – Content Crystal Ball

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Beyond Multiple-Choice and True/False Capture and Assess the Full Solution: – Answer Setup: diagram and choice of formulas – Progression of Steps Leading to Final Answer – Account for minor mistakes along the way Partial Marks: Intelligent Assessment

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 The answer is a small part compared to the answer setup, choice of formulas, diagram, and progression Partial Marks: Example

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Partial Marks: Example Partial credit awarded even when mistakes are made Analysis of subsequent steps accounts for the mistake

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Associate questions with learning strands Identify areas strength of weakness Prompt for additional Drill and Practise Automatically direct students to do remedial work Adaptive Progression Skills Assessment

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Skills Assessment: Topic Specific Categorization Report Card TopicGrade MeasurementB Geometry and Spatial SenseA Patterning and AlgebraA Number Sense and NumerationC ProbabilityB More Work Is Required Click To Practice A student can focus homework and study on areas identified by the system

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Skills Assessment: Adaptive Progression Guide students through related content until they demonstrate mastery Concept Not Understood Trend Towards Mastery

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Learning: Tools for Exploration of Concepts More interactive exploratory learning tools Richer set of interactive components Explore and Discover

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Instant Polling Peer Assessment Collaboration Learning: Group Activities

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Instant feedback – as the student makes a mistake; before they go too far down a wrong path Answer-specific feedback – display message relevant to the specific kind of mistake made Macro feedback – report how a student is doing on related questions throughout multiple assignments Intelligent Feedback

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 More free, high-quality, non-textbook content available Content collections, including entire assignments and courses a community of content creators and users Usage Statistics Voting System Reputation System Auto-detect Language Content: Cloud

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Easy to create, find, use, and customize content questions, images, videos, learning objects, math apps., etc 1-click App Creation Content: Create & Share

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014 Summary and Q&A Problem formulation -> steps -> answers Show and assess all steps Partial Marks Categorization of concepts Guided learning from weakness to strength Skills Assessment Engage, Explore, Self-Assessment Group Activities Learning Explain what went wrong Self-help Feedback Easy to create and share Build a community Content

© 2014 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. A CYBERNET group company 2014 Maple T.A. User Summit – Oct. 22 nd – 24 th 2014