[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex String_Response_Problems.tex

vandui11 lon-capa-cvs@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:00:28 -0000


vandui11		Fri Feb  4 16:00:28 2005 EDT

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--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/String_Response_Problems.tex:1.2	Thu Jul 18 11:52:27 2002
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 \label{String_Response_Problems}
 
-\textbf{\index{String Response}String Response} problems are problems in
-which the student submits a string of characters for the answer. Examples
-of string response questions are vocabulary tests, short answer and entering
-chemical formulas.
+\textbf{\index{String Response}String Response} problems allow the student to submit a string of characters for the answer. Examples
+of String Response questions are vocabulary tests, short answers and chemical formulas.
 
 Note that it is easy to abuse String Response problems. For instance, consider
 the question {}``Who wrote 'Huckleberry Finn'?'' If you tell the system
 the answer is {}``Mark Twain'', and a student answers {}``Twain'', the
-system will mark it wrong. If they answer {}``Samuel Clements'', then the
+system will mark it wrong. If they answer {}``Samuel Clemens'', then the
 student will definitely get it wrong. There is some room for flexibility
-in the string processing, but it can be difficult to get it all right. Before
+in the string processing, but it can be difficult to get it all correct. Before
 you use a String Response problem, be sure you can easily characterize correct
 answers.