Object Buttons allow a student the ability to answer mathematical questions that require a more than a simple plain text response. Some questions' answers may require fractions, radicals, exponents, etc., and without the accessible Object Buttons, it would be difficult for students to formulate a consistent formatted answer.
There are a variety of Object Buttons that insert a specific type of mathematical element into the Answer Field. Each Object Button may have one or more editable fields for a student to fill in.
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Superscript |
Root | Fraction | nth Root |
Scientific |
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Integral |
Limit | Parenthesis | Pi |
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Plus/Minus |
Subscript | Infinity |
Multiplication |
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Right Arrow |
Less than or Equal to |
Greater than or Equal to |
Super and Subscript |
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Hat |
Vector | Nabla | Closed Integral |
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Equilibrium Arrow |
Reverse Reaction Arrow | Forward Reaction Arrow | Resonance Arrow |
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Foward Reaction Arrow with Catalyst |
Liquid Physical State | Solid Physical Sate | Gas Physical State |
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Aqueous Physical State |
Add text box | Greek Letters in Palette Extension | Uppercase Greek Letters in Palette Extension |
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Constants in Palette Extension |
Trigonometry Functions in Palette Extension | Roman Numerals in Palette Extension |
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| Vector | Valence | 1 Lewis Electron |
2 Lewis Electrons |
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| Oriented Angles |
Rotational Arrows |
Phase | Bold Vector | Absolute Value |
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| Trigonometric Buttons |
Real Number |
Integral | Mean | Degree |
| Action Buttons | Action Buttons
allow a student to perform some kind of action on either a selected object
in the Answer Field or the entire Answer Field. For example,
the Delete button will remove a selected object from the Answer Field, and
the Reset button will revert the Answer Field back to its initial
value.
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| Help Button | The Help Button
will show an overview of the features and functionality that the Student
View of the Math Palette has to offer.
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The Answer Field is the student's
working area for building their answer to the Math Palette's
corresponding question. An answer can consist of plain text, an object
from the Buttons Area,
or any combination of the two.
Depending on the type of question
the Answer Palette is associated with, there are two different
states the Answer Field can be in. These " default states"
are described below:
| Answer Field State Type | Description |
| Blank |
When an Answer Field is blank, a student can insert any combination of objects from the Buttons Area and/or plain text as they construct their answer. |
| Pre-populated | When an Answer Field is pre-populated, a student can only insert values into one or more fields of one or more objects displayed in the Answer Field as they construct their answer. This case emulates a fill in the blank type answer, and allows for filling in just a portion of a mathematical element as determined by the author. |