Math Support: Exercise Repository and Worksheet Generator
About · FAQ · Calendar · Contact Projects · Organizations · Mentors · Interns · Volunteers
- Interns - If you are interested in this project, add your name to the Interested interns section below along with a brief description of why you're interested and why you'd be a good mentor for this project, along with any specific ideas for execution you might have beyond the project description.
- Mentors - If you are interested in this project, add your name to the Interested mentors section below along with a brief description of why you're interested and why you'd be a good mentor for this project, along with any specific ideas for execution you might have beyond the project description.
- Others - If you are interested in this project in a role other than that of potential mentor or potential intern (example: you are an organization, a potential end-user/tester, may have helpful resources, or want to be notified if the project is chosen), add your name to the Other interested parties section below with contact information and details.
- Everyone - Contribute to the project description on this page, or discuss this project on the associated talk page (click the "discussion" tab on top).
The deadline for editing this proposal or adding yourself to the list is 11:59pm EST (GMT-5) on August 6, 2007.
Project description
K-12 Math teachers in the US spend a significant amount of their time developing worksheets, quizzes, and homework assignments. If we can collect just a few thousand exercises in a database with a meaningful frontend, we will provide these teachers with more time to devote to the individual needs of their students.
Use Case #1
An 8th grade teacher comes to the website looking for support with Algebra. The teacher completes a form and the site dynamically generates a quiz with twenty problems and an answer sheet.
Use Case #2
A young father wants to help his son with his math homework and realizes that his son needs more practice than is available in his text. The father can come to the site and generate collections on a variety of age-appropriate math topics to use with his son.
Use Case #3
A 10th grade student preparing for the SAT wants to brush up on some Geometry topics before the test. She comes to the site and is able to generate multiple sets of practice problems.
Use Case #4
Disappointed in the sites' offerings for factoring polynomials, an 11th grade teacher in Boston spends a free period creating a quiz for his class and then adds these new exercises to the database. Later that week, a homeschool parent in Detroit uses these exercises in a lesson with her neighborhood group.
Open tasks for interns to take over
Content development
- Talk to teachers and identify area of greatest need in the K-12 curriculum
- Create exercises and/or word problems in a machine-readable format with rich metadata
- Evaluate the submissions of other contributors
Site development
- Experimenting with and recommending input standards for contributors (MathML, TI syntax, Python, Mathematica, LaTeX?)
- Writing software to generate printer-friendly worksheets
- Designing a relational database
- Creating a simple user interface and a logical interaction experience
Interested interns
Intern name
Contact information, why you'd be good for the job, any specific plans, variants, or details you would personally like to implement and why
Interested mentors
Mentor name
Kevin Driscoll, Developing Curriculum, Inc.
Other interested parties
Name
Contact information, what your interest is