Writing atomic, reusable feedback to assess handwritten math task semi-automatedly

Written feedback is powerful in math teaching yet highly labour-intensive. Hence, digital assessment with fully-automated feedback has received much attention. Unfortunately, learners solve higher-order questions more naturally when using paper and pencil. Therefore, we investigate semi-automated assessment: a method in which a teacher works with a computer system to assess handwritten tasks. When a teacher writes feedback for a student, the computer saves it, so the text can be reused when following students make the same or similar mistakes. To make feedback more reusable, we devised atomic feedback. During the workshop, participants learned how to write atomic feedback, experimented with providing feedback using the semi-automated system implemented in Moodle, and gained a thorough insight into the research project.