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W. H. Freeman and WebAssign
W. H. Freeman and WebAssign have partnered to deliver a comprehensive and flexible suite of resources for your courses. Across all disciplines, W. H. Freeman's WebAssign offerings reflect high-quality authorship and proven effectiveness. Textbook problems and additional problems are selected to provide a breadth of conceptual coverage and offer flexibility for assignment and student practice. As often as possible, variables, numbers, or words have been randomized so that each student will receive a unique version of the question. Combining the mostly widely used online homework platform with a wealth of visualization and tutorial resources, Freeman's WebAssign offering extends and enhances the classroom experience for instructors and students. Individual textbook offerings are described in more detail on their discipline pages.
Updated: February 12, 2008
New Features
WebAssign is constantly adding new features to make WebAssign the best online homework system.
The following new features are available to all teachers and are being added to textbook questions as needed.
Contact WebAssign if you have any questions about these new tools.
is a mathematical symbol palette that removes the burden of entering mathematical syntax for an answer.
Students choose symbols from the palette so they can focus on the content of the problem.
See an example >>
allows students to plot and graph their solutions interactively.
As with all of our algorithmic, randomized problems, WebAssign takes care of the grading.
More about GraphPad >>
is an innovative new tool that allows students to hand sketch their work.
Sketches in Pencil Pad are not graded, but are available for instructors to view and are a valuable part of the problem solving process for students.
More about PencilPad >>
Practice Another Version allows students to attempt the same question with a new set of algorithmic values until they feel they are ready to move on.
This is perfect for practice and confidence building.
Like many features in WebAssign, the instructor controls when this feature is available to their students.
More about Practice Another Version >>
See it in action >>
Coming for Summer 2008, ChemPad will allow students to enter chemical compounds and formulas by either typing into the answer blank or clicking the palette buttons. In either case their answer will be displayed in proper chemical notation as they work.
More about chemPad >>
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