Automated Generation of Test Questions and Solutions

While the automatic generation of test problems has been considered in the past, the importance of also generating solutions is largely unconsidered. Additionally, current approaches to automatically generating test problems are normally limited to multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and often only consider language-based problems. The generation of problems and solutions that are based on graphical processes is explored in an attempt to address these limitations. Rapidly generating questions and their solutions helps educators set better questions by allowing more iterations than manual processes, and allows students to be provided with worked examples. These and other considerations are illustrated by considering a number of examples, and suitable software tools are suggested.