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by Tim Fahlberg,
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics,
Northwest College,
Kirkland, WA
98033 (Tim.Fahlberg@CoolSchoolTools.com)
Using
ExamView to Create Dynamic Question
I have a confession to make—I love to create dynamic questions using
ExamView. Why, you ask? Well I know that the time spent creating
a good dynamic question is like the time planting a seed from which
a lush tree with many branches can grow. That is, you can spend between
5 and 45 minutes to create a simple or complex dynamic question (the
seed). Then, just by adding a few conditions, changing a variable definition,
or simply changing the value of a constant (watering the seed), you
can quickly create additional dynamic questions (the tree branches).
From just a few dynamic questions, it’s easy to generate many, many
copyright-free questions (leaves of the tree).
Once
you create your own dynamic questions, you can use them on tests, quizzes,
and study guides. It’s as if you have an unlimited number of questions.
That way, you’ll have plenty of questions for students who need extra
practice, or you can use the questions with other programs such as the
following products that I have used in my classroom.
- MindPoint Quiz
Show (see www.mindpoint.com) – Students can learn and
have fun practicing in class, in the lab, and at home.
- Classroom
Performance System (see www.einstruction.com)
– With remote control response pads from eInstruction, I can display
an ExamView question and instantly know whether all
of my students understand
the particular topic.
- Virtual
Whiteboard Math Movies – You can create tutorials and/or solutions
including audio on a virtual whiteboard that can be delivered over
the Internet, LAN, or CD.
Getting
Started
If you haven’t created a dynamic question or you are not sure what a
dynamic question is, let me suggest that you read and follow the steps
in my
previous article to learn the basics of dynamic question creation. Work through the
tutorial using ExamView 4.0 and review the online help topics
to better understand how to create a dynamic question.
In
the following article, you will find three dynamic question examples:
Rule of Exponents, Solving a System of Equations Using Substitution
or Elimination, and Pythagorean Theorem. Before you begin, click here
to download the following question bank (Dynamic
Corner-Part I.bnk) windows only. The bank includes the sample questions. (Remember
that you will need ExamView 4.0 or a more recent version.)
To
help you better understand how to create dynamic questions, use the
Question Bank Editor to open the question bank and review the algorithms
that make up each question. For each example, I have provided a detailed
explanation of the algorithms. In addition, I have included several
variations of each question.
Example
1: Rule of Exponents
This first example is a bimodal question. That is, you can change its
state from a Multiple Choice question to a Short Answer question with
a single mouse click. This feature is great for creating problems that
work for advanced placement classes.
As
you can see, this question includes the question stem, choices, and
a rationale. The rationale is an explanation of how to determine the
correct answer. You can ask the program to display this information
if you create an online test or a study guide. It provides students
with the help they need at that “teachable moment." You can provide
a little help or step-by-step instructions. It’s up to you.
Rule
of Exponents (Question #1)
Rule
of Exponets-Variables 
Rule
of Exponents—Algorithm Definitions
A
Closer Look at the Algorithm Definitions
Below is an explanation of the algorithms used in this question. The
names you use for the algorithm definitions (or variables) are not critical
as long as you do not use function names. As for the functions (e.g.,
list, range, choose, etc.), you can get a detailed description by reviewing
the online help information in the program.
-
letter, whichletter, and var1 are variables used
to generate a random variable from a list of 18 “good” variables.
Notice that letters e, i, l, o, t, u, v, and z are not
included for various reasons (e.g., e is the base of natural
logarithms; i is often used to represent the square root of
-1; the letters l, o, and z look like the digits
1, 0, and 2; t looks like a +; and u and v
are easily confused with each other).
- maxExponent
is a constant that determines the highest exponent allowed
in this question. Change it to a larger value if desired.
- exp1
and exp2 are variables used to represent the two exponents
that are to be added together. range(1, maxExponent) generates
a random integer between 1 and maxExponent
- Result1
to Result4 are the exponents for the correct answer and the
three distractors (for the multiple-choice version of this bimodal
question).
- isunique(Result1,
… Result4) is a condition that makes sure that none of the four
multiple-choice answers are the same. In general you should add this
condition to every multiple-choice question you create to prevent
duplicate answers unless the distractors are built in such a way that
this would never be the case.
-
scramble=TRUE (not illustrated) causes the program to randomly scramble the
answer choices each time you calculate a question
Changing
the Algorithm Definitions to Create Variations of the Question
Once you create a dynamic question, you can use it to create one or
more variations on the same topic. For example, the first variation
shows how you can edit the algorithm to allow for negative exponents.
You
can find this variation in the sample question bank that you downloaded.
Click the Edit menu and choose Algorithm Definitions to
see the list of variables. Click the Calculate Values button
to see this question in action, or duplicate the question to create
new questions of the same form.
Variation
A—Allow for negative exponents (See Question #2 in the question bank.)
- Change
the definition of exp1 and exp2.A third parameter may
be used to indicate the increment used. If the increment is not included,
it is assumed to be 1. If a 1 is included in the increment position,
the range will be from the first parameter to the second with an increment
of 1 skipping the value of zero. For example:
range(1,17,2) would generate random odd integers between 1 and 17.
range (1,18,3) would include every third number between 1 and 18.
range (-3,5,1) would generate a random integer between –3 and 5 excluding
zero.
range (-3,5) would generate a random integer between –3 and 5 including
zero.
- Add two variables
exp1Display and exp2Display (used in the dynamic solution).
- Add a new condition:
exp1+exp2<>0 (this prevents the sum of the exponents
from equaling zero).
Variation
B—Answer is always 1 since the sum of the exponents is zero. (See Question
#3.)
You
can vary the problem so that the answer is always 1 by changing the
condition exp1+exp2<>0 to exp1+exp2=0. Then change
the correct choice to  .
Variation C—Answer always has negative exponent.
(See Question #4.)
To
create a problem so that the answer always has a negative exponent,
change the condition exp1+exp2>0 to exp1+exp2<0.
Notice
how we’ve taken a single algorithm and tweaked it just a little to create
questions that are similar but different. We could have created a more
complex algorithm to start with that did all of these things but I think
you’ll see the advantages of creating questions that each do one thing
well.
Example
2: Solving System of Equations Using Substitution or Elimination
This problem illustrates a dynamic question with a set of conditions
that can be easily changed to generate a variety of types of systems
of equations best solved by different methods.
Solving
a System of Equations (Question PR #1)
Solving
a System of Equations—Variables and Algorithm Definitions
 
A
Closer Look at the Algorithm Definitions
•
maxValue is a constant which determines the range of values
for x and y.
• x, y,
a, b, d, and e are all random integers.
• c and
f are calculated using the values of a, x, b and y
(for c) and d, x, e, and y (for f).
• condition
a*e-b*d<>0 is included to make the system of equations solvable.
This value is the determinant of the
system.
Changing
the Algorithm Definitions to Create Variations of the Question
Check
the information below to see how you can easily create multiple versions
of this problem.
Variation
A—(See Question PR #2.) Make it so exactly one of the coefficients
of x or y equals 1. This makes for a system most easily
solved by substitution. Include the condition a=1 xor b=1 xor d=1
xor e=1 xor means exclusive or –one or the other
but not both or in this case only one).
Variation
B—(See Question PR #3.) Make it so exactly one of the coefficients
of x (a or d) equals 1 and so that neither of the
coefficients of y (b or e) equals 1. Include the
condition (a=1 xor d=1) and not(b=1 or e=1).
Variation
C—(See Question PR #4.) Make it so that a = -d
or b = -e so that the system is most easily solved by
just adding the two equations together using the method of elimination.
Include the condition a+d=0 xor b+e=0.
Variation
D—(See Question PR #5.) Make it so that the system of equations
is most easily solved by elimination but so that each equation will
need to be multiplied by a constant in order for elimination to occur.
Include the condition a+d<>0 and b+e<>0
Example
3: Pythagorean Theorem
While this problem shows you how to create a question to test your students’
knowledge of the Pythagorean Theorem, it also shows how to create a
dynamic question using a picture.
Pythagorean
Theorem (Question PR #6)
Pythagorean
Theorem-Variables
The
algorithm below shows one constant (maxLength), and nine variables.
Most of these are used "behind the scenes" to label a Cartesian Graph
that includes a picture of a right triangle (see below). The variables
a and b are defined (using the range function)
as random integers between 1 and 100 (the value of maxLength).
The variables aSquared, bSquared, and aSquaredPlusbSquared
are longer variable names but self-explanatory. The variables are not
used in the algorithm itself but in the display of the complete dynamic
solution. The variable c is calculated using the Pythagorean
Theorem. To make this problem more interesting, three variables were
added to put English units next to the lengths of the sides.
Pythagorean
Theorem—Variables and Algorithm Definitions
It
turns out that creating the algorithm for this dynamic question is only
half the work since we still need to use variables defined in the algorithm
to label a right triangle. Try clicking and then double-clicking on
the picture of the right triangle in the sample question bank (Question
#6) to see the format (pieces of) the Cartesian
Graph shown below:
In
order to include a picture of a right triangle (or another picture),
do the following:
- Click
Insert-Graph-Cartesian.
- In the Format
Graph – Cartesian window, click the drop-down box next to f(x)
and choose Picture.
- Click New.
The New Picture window should appear.
- Type RightTriangle2
next to Picture name: and the following image should appear.
- Click
OK to see the following window.
- Try
changing the Left x, Top y, Width, and Height values
of the picture to make it a reasonable size in a good location.
- Now add text
boxes used to display the attributes of the triangle. See the question,
figures, and instructions below for details about these.
To
add a text box like the one shown below, click on the drop-down arrow
next to f(x), choose Text Box, and then click New.
Then change the options to match the following window.
Repeat
this procedure two more times to add three additional text boxes for
the other leg, hypotenuse, and “Drawing not to scale” legend:
- Hide
the x and y axes by clicking the Axes tab and
then clicking the Clear button and then OK.
Changing
the Algorithm Definitions to Create Variations of the Question
Variation
A—(See Question PR #7.) Make it so that the values of a
and b (the two legs) are never equal. Include the condition:
a <> b (Spaces before and after the not equal sign are
optional.)
Variation
B—(See Question PR #8.) Make
a, b smaller (or larger) values by changing the constant MaxLength
to values less than (or greater than) 100.
Variation
C—(See Question PR #9.) Make a, b non-integer values
by changing a and b to range(1,maxLength,0.1).
Variation
D—(See Question #10.)Make it so x (the hypotenuse)
comes out even (is an integer) by including the condition c=int(c)
Variation
E—(See Question #11.) include metric units by changing
WhichUnit to range(1,8), including MetricLengthUnits
= list("mm","cm","m","km"),
and including LengthUnits =list(EnglishLengthUnits,MetricLengthUnits).
Change the definition of the variable Unit to choose(whichUnit,LengthUnits).
Variation
F—(See Question #12.) Include a complete dynamic solution.
Use the variables a, b, c, unit, aSquared,
bSquared, and aSquaredPlusbSquared to add a solution which
changes to match each newly generated dynamic question. Such a solution
is particularly useful for a test key that you print or study guide
that you make available online or in printed form.
Dynamic
Solution to Pythagorean Theorem (Showing Variables in Gray)
Dynamic
Solution (with Variables Replaced by Values)
Now
plant your own dynamic question “seeds” and enjoy the “fruits” of the
trees that grow from them!
Tim Fahlberg (Tim.Fahlberg@CoolSchoolTools.com
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
Northwest College
Kirkland, WA
98033
Question:
How do I get rid of the tables
created around Multiple Choice choices when I copy a test into Word?
Answer:
Highlight the table and then open the Table menu. Point to Convert
and select Table to Text. Choose Tabs as the Separate
text with option. You must do this for each table individually.
If you try to convert the tables all at once, these options will not
be available.
Question:
Our department publishes tests to our school’s server. We team teach
and I was wondering if student results could be sent to multiple instructors?
Answer:
ExamView is designed to send results to one email address; however,
you can achieve the results you want with certain email clients such
as Outlook or Eudora by setting the program to forward emails from a
specific account to multiple users. You could also set up a common email
address that all instructors have access to and just make sure that
the option to leave mail on the server is selected by each instructor.
Question:
My preferences never save permanently. I change everything from the
directions to the format of each page. Why don’t my preferences stay
in tune with my changes? Is there any way to do so?
Answer:
ExamView saves a copy of the preferences with each individual
test (.tst) and question bank (.bnk) file. When you modify preference
settings on the Layout or Style tab and you have a test
or question bank open, you are changing the settings for the current
file only. If you change these settings while no file is open, you are
changing the "global" preferences. The "global"
preferences are used when you create a new file (test or question bank).
To make preferences changes that apply to all files you create in the
future, first close the current file. Then, choose Preferences
from the Edit menu and set the desired options. The Instructions
and Headers/Footers options work the same way (i.e., changes
you make while a file is open apply to the current file; changes you
make while no file is open apply to all files you create in the future).
Note that you must edit test instructions while in the Test Builder
(Test menu). For additional information regarding preferences,
see the Customize the Appearance of a Test Help topic.
Question:
I frequently use the ExamView option to create Internet tests.
Occasionally, the test may contain large pictures. How can I reduce
the file size so that the test downloads faster?
Answer:
-
Open the test
in ExamView. Click the Edit button, select the image,
and copy it.
Note: You can double-click on an image to open the Picture
dialog box. This will display the picture type and memory size in
bytes.
-
Paste the image into a
graphics editing program (e.g., the Windows Paint program or Photoshop).
-
Change the attributes to
256 Color or even 16 Color (if appropriate). (In Windows Paint, these
options are available on the Save as type list in the Save
As dialog box.)
-
Consider cutting out unnecessary
parts of the image, if possible.
-
Resize the graphic
to the approximate size in which it will actually appear in ExamView
(i.e., if the original graphic is 12 inches by 12 inches and is reduced
by percentage in ExamView to 2 inches by 2 inches, resize the
original graphic to 2 inches by 2 inches).
-
Insert the image back into
your test, replacing the larger image.
-
Check the size of the image.
Using
MindPoint Quiz Show to Enhance Student Performance
Dennis Beck, a
teacher at Lakota Ridge
Junior School (Cincinnati,
Ohio) was one of the first instructors
to use MindPoint™ Quiz Show—a classroom game that captures student attention
and reinforces learning. This new educational product is explicitly
designed to work with ExamView question banks. And the best part
is that the program tracks students’ performance while they’re having
fun. You can review performance data related to learning objectives
and use that information to help students reach their potential.
Dennis
describes it in this way:
As
a middle school science teacher, I’m constantly searching for new
and exciting ways to review material before formally testing students’
knowledge. This past year I was fortunate to discover and use the
educational game MindPoint Quiz Show. Capturing
every student’s attention while reviewing content is no small task.
Quiz Show accomplishes this by quickly engaging students in team play. It
focuses their competitive efforts on answering course-related material
in an appealing environment.
Team
Selection
How
The Quiz Show Game Works
Designed to appeal to a wide range of students, Quiz Show is filled
with color, sound, and animation to create an atmosphere similar to
popular TV quiz games. Used in the team mode, the class is divided into
two or three teams that compete against one another. Questions are projected
on a screen in the front of the classroom. Team members read them and
buzz-in when they believe they have the correct answer. The team is
then given a specific, short interval in which to respond before the
Master of Ceremonies (a multimedia persona) declares the question open
to the other teams.
Quiz
Show can also be played in multiplayer mode by two or three students,
or it can be played in single-player mode against the clock or against
the computer. Every answer is automatically recorded delineating how
each team or individual performs. The results are available in report
form for the teacher after the game is complete. The report allows the
teacher to identify areas (by topic, objective, etc.) where the class
needs further review.
Since
Quiz Show works with the eInstruction response pads, you can get students
even more involved in the game. They can buzz-in and answer questions
using a remote control.
As
Dennis Beck puts it:
My
students are very interested in the review and enjoy the variation
allowed for by the program. MindPoint Quiz Show helps keep the attention
of the students with all available technology.
Typical
Question Screen (Team Play Mode)
Assessing
Students on Specific State Standards
Quiz Show questions can be created in ExamView or can be
drawn directly from existing question banks. Most of the ExamView
question banks supplied with textbooks (there are now 2000 texts with
ExamView questions) already include the appropriate state standards.
This allows you, as a teacher, to use a series of questions related
to the standards. The resulting game then provides direct information
on your students’ performance as it relates to the standards.
Dennis
comments:
The
program allows for the entry of my standards review material as questions
for use in the game show formatted program. I was very pleased with
the results of the Quiz Show program and look forward to continue
using it in the future.
Player
Performance Report Screen
Home
Use of Quiz Show by Students
In addition to having
Quiz Show in the classroom, a student “lite” version is available free
as a download from www.mindpoint.com. Now that students have
access to this version, you can publish your question banks on the Internet,
supply them on a disc, or email the questions to students so that they
can play at home.
Dennis
summarizes his experiences with Quiz Show:
This
is a great way to grab the attention of my students and review the
needed material from the curriculum.
Find
out for yourself how to energize your classroom. Click here to visit
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MindPoint Quiz
Show is an interactive multimedia game that makes learning fun. You can use the program in team mode to engage
the entire class, let students compete against one another, or have
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even a free version called MindPoint Quiz Show Lite that students can
download at home.
Since Quiz Show
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Learn
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Section
With the release of ExamView 4.0,
you can easily create dynamic content for almost any subject area. However, these features are particularly well-suited
to math and science. Check out
the Dynamic Corner to get an in-depth
look at the algorithmic features.
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Classroom Performance System by eInstruction Works with ExamView
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by
Dr. Kathleen Mary Henderson, Adjunct Professor
As
any university adjunct faculty professor can tell you, we are low on the
totem pole when it comes to being assigned a graduate assistant. ExamView
has just changed this by becoming my new graduate assistant. The hours
that it has saved have freed me to do what I love best—teach. And it has
given me the extra precious time to do the research and PowerPoint presentations
I previously did not have time to do.
Tough
economic conditions in higher education and a lack of full-time teaching
positions have made it necessary for adjunct faculty such as myself
to teach at multiple universities. Currently, I teach at Kean
University and New
Jersey City University
(both state universities). On any given day the back of my car is a portable
office. Every one of my six classes (120-plus students) is neatly organized
in individual cases, and each of my classes has a separate syllabus and
lesson plans.
Before
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an average of 24 students per class and 6 separate classes, I have quite
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student paper, that equates to 10 hours per week correcting papers. If
you include the effort it takes to email students their results, prepare
tests, and copy/collate them, the time really adds up.
To make matters worse, most educators are not paid for this part
of their job. Also, think about the environmental impact of the wasted
paper, ink, and toner from all of those quizzes and tests.
Since
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Talk about an invaluable resource. My students love it because
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Dr.
Kathleen Mary Henderson
Adjunct Professor (Kean
University & New Jersey
City University)
&
President of the KUAFF,-(AFT
Local 6024 Teachers Union)
1)
Keep your Internet (HTML) tests and study guides private - I’m
sure that everyone would agree that life without our favorite search
engine would be unthinkable. As
wonderful as our search engine may be, it can create problems when it
indexes your Web page. It could index the HTML tests and study guides
that you publish to your own Web site. Someone searching the Internet
could then inadvertently bump into your test and decide to link to it.
While
it is not necessary to prevent this situation from occurring,
there are a few preventative measures you can take.
- Create a folder on your Web
server that will store all of your tests (e.g., name the folder tests: www.ivcc.edu/denis/tests).
- Place all ExamView tests in the
new tests folder.
- Create a file named robots.txt
and place the file in the top-level folder of the site (e.g., www.ivcc.edu/robots.txt).
The contents of the robots.txt file should read:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /denis/tests/
This
will prevent all files in the tests folder from being indexed the next time the search engine visits
your site (typically every 6-8 weeks). For faster results, you
can ask the search engine to remove the pages from its cache immediately
once you have your robots.txt
file in place. To do this, follow the instructions listed on the search
engine’s site. URLs for two popular search engines are listed below:
Google:
http://www.google.com/remove.html
altavista: http://addurl.altavista.com/addur/new
2)
Control access
to your Internet tests
-
Have you ever wanted to control who can access the
HTML tests you post to your own Web site? If so, read on:
While you may not be able to make the required
changes to your website yourself, you may be able to convince your webmaster
to help out. Making the changes
to protect your tests is actually a fairly simple one-time process. Once you set up your server accordingly, students will need a
password to access the Internet tests on your server.
The steps to create a master password for
a folder located on a server running Linux and Apache are listed below:
- Modify the main
Apache configuration file to list all of the folders that you want to
password protect. Be sure to “bounce” the server after making the
changes. For each folder, the changes to the configuration file should
look like:
<Directory /www/html/my_folder_name>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
</Directory>
- In each folder, create the
necessary access files. By default, the main file is named .htaccess
(but this can be changed by a setting in the main server configuration
file). A sample .htaccess file is shown below:
AuthUserFile /www/html/my_folder_name/.htusers
AuthGroupFile /www/html/my_folder_name/.htgroup
AuthName "Enter a username/password to access the test"
AuthType Basic
<LIMIT GET POST PUT>
require group students#
include the syntax and the group name (e.g., students)
</LIMIT>
- Create the .htgroup file.
The group name comes first followed by the name of the group.
In the example below, the group name is "students" and this
name must match the group name listed in .htaccess above.
students:
science
- Create the .htusers file using
the htpasswd utility. For each username listed in .htgroup,
run htpasswd as follows:
htpasswd .htusers <user-name>
For example:
htpasswd .htusers science
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user science
You will need to
enter the password for the science group when prompted above.
The following URL
has some additional info:
http://www.oac.uci.edu/X/W6/httpd-howto/access.conf.d.html
3)
Engage your students with MindPoint Quiz Show - Getting students
motivated is always a challenge. However,
when students are excited about the content and the classroom environment
is engaging, learning seems to come easier.
One
way to engage your students is to make learning fun.
While developing our new MindPoint Quiz Show software, we field-tested
the program in a classroom environment.
(For those of you not familiar with MindPoint Quiz Show, this
program is a multimedia game that reads ExamView question banks.)
Almost immediately, teachers noticed a difference.
The competition from team play motivated students to spend extra
time studying the material. As
an added incentive, one teacher awarded a free homework pass to the
winning team.
If you haven’t seen MindPoint Quiz Show,
I would encourage you to check out the program (www.mindpoint.com).
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GENERAL
The Quotes and Sayings Database
http://www.quotesandsayings.com
Use the Quotes and Sayings Database to search among thousands of inspirational,
funny, and thought-provoking quotations to motivate and inspire your students
(and yourself). Search for famous quotations by subject or by author.
No Child Left Behind
http://nochildleftbehind.gov
Find answers to your questions about the education law signed by President
Bush on January 8, 2002
at the official No Child Left Behind Web site.
K-12
ABCTeach
http://www.abcteach.com
ABCTeach offers more than 5,000 free printable worksheets, report
forms, theme units, and much more. This is a great site for new teachers,
home schoolers, or any teacher looking for new and creative ideas.
Back to School Guide
http://www.education-world.com/back_to_school/index.shtml
It’s that time of year again—back to school! Be prepared for the first
week with Education World’s back-to-school guide. This site provides tips
and links for teachers to help get the new school year off to a great
start.
POST-SECONDARY
Journal of the United States Distance Learning
Association
http://www.usdla.org/html/resources/journal.htm
In the archives of the Journal of the USDLA, you will find dozens
of useful articles and editorials covering all aspects of distance learning
and technology.
Adjunct Nation
http://www.adjunctnation.com
Are you new to the college classroom or just looking for new ideas?
At the Adjunct Nation Web site, you can participate in forum discussions
with other educators, download teaching resources from the Syllabus Vault,
search for the perfect textbook for your course, and much more.
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