On this page I have lodged some of the assessment items that I have written over the years. These items are all related to using computers in some way, and have proved successful and popular with students. The Wineglass This is an assessment item that encourages graphical design using mathematical functions.
Students use the standard functions eg parabola, hyperbole, circles, straight lines, etc.
To be able to do this assignment, students must use a graphing program that is capable of graphing multiple functions, each with restricted domains. For Macs, I use a shareware program called GraphToolz . Links to these programs can be found on my sharewarepage . The Coffee Cup . This item was written for use in an introductory calculus class.