Criterion-based grading for learning and assessment in unit operations laboratory

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 3135-3142

  Young, V L ^a   Ridgway, D ^a   Prudich, M E ^a   Goetz, D J ^a   Stuart, B J ^a  

^a Ohio University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN COURSE; PRIMARY TRAIT ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABORATORIES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744244040     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Guide student learning by specifying the traits of a good laboratory report.
2. Improve consistency in grading and feedback to students by specifying the key traits to be considered.
3. Collect data to assess student progress towards course goals.
4. Success in achieving the three-fold purpose is being evaluated via student surveys, conversations with faculty, and the assessment data provided by the grading instrument itself. The results of this evaluation are the subject of this presentation.
5. B.E. Walvoord and V.J. Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment, Jossev-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1998.
6. Current course materials for Unit Operations Laboratory (ChE 415 and ChE 416) available from the course archives link from the Ohio University chemical engineering website: http://webche.ent.ohiou.edu//
7. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs available at the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology website: http://www.abet.org/ downloads/2000-01_Engineering_Criteria.pdf