The Canadian firm Maplesoft produces a wide range of software including the well-known interactive mathematical software Maple now in version 10. Its Maple TA (MTA) is an online assessment system capable of handling most assessment tasks but particularly designed for the assessment of mathematics where it can call on the power of its Maple engine to probe deeper knowledge and understanding.
The author of this review and an IT-savvy research student in the Engineering School co-operated in authoring and organising the test present here and this review should be seen as a preliminary and surface judgement based mainly on this limited experience.
01/06/2006
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