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1.2 bowersj2 1: \label{String_Response_Problems}
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1.3 ! vandui11 3: \textbf{\index{String Response}String Response} problems allow the student to submit a string of characters for the answer. Examples
! 4: of String Response questions are vocabulary tests, short answers and chemical formulas.
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6: Note that it is easy to abuse String Response problems. For instance, consider
7: the question {}``Who wrote 'Huckleberry Finn'?'' If you tell the system
8: the answer is {}``Mark Twain'', and a student answers {}``Twain'', the
1.3 ! vandui11 9: system will mark it wrong. If they answer {}``Samuel Clemens'', then the
1.1 bowersj2 10: student will definitely get it wrong. There is some room for flexibility
1.3 ! vandui11 11: in the string processing, but it can be difficult to get it all correct. Before
1.1 bowersj2 12: you use a String Response problem, be sure you can easily characterize correct
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