OpenMark Examples
Numeric response > Introduction
Questions that involve numbers provide the prototypical examples of generative questions.
Questions that use random numbers:
- can be used, and reused, in formative assessments for practice during the period of study or for revision prior to an examination
- impede collusion between students in summative assessments
Numeric responses from students can be handled as:
- exact integers e.g. 13
- floating point numbers within a tolerance range e.g. 3.14159
- floating point numbers to a set number of significant figures e.g. pi to 4 significant figures is 3.142
- numbers in scientific format e.g. 1.38 × 10-23
- numbers with units e.g. 1.38 × 10-23 m2 kg s-2 K-1
