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{{Questions}}Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback. | {{Questions}} | ||
Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback. | |||
[[File:pmatch.png]] | [[File:pmatch.png]] | ||
This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University. | This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University. | ||
==Example question== | |||
===Question text=== | |||
[[File:OU pmatch example 01.png]] | |||
===General feedback=== | |||
[[File:OU pmatch example 02.png]] | |||
== More documentation == | == More documentation == | ||
More [http:// | More [http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php?id=1581 documentation is available] in the [http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=52747 Open University's reference manual]. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There another page that explains [[:dev:The_OU_PMatch_algorithm|The OU PMatch algorithm]], but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Contributed code]] | [[Category:Contributed code]] | ||
[[Category:Questions]] | |||
[[Category:Open University]] | |||
[[es:Tipo de pregunta coincidencia de patrón]] |
Latest revision as of 19:32, 17 September 2014
Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.
This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University.
Example question
Question text
General feedback
More documentation
More documentation is available in the Open University's reference manual. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There another page that explains The OU PMatch algorithm, but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.