Enhancing students' self-efficacy through inquiry-based assessment techniques

Project Title

Enhancing students' self-efficacy through inquiry-based assessment techniques

Project Leader

Prof Karen Chan

School / Dept

SSCI / LIFS

Project Duration

Jun 2015 - May 2017

Project Description

The goal of this project is to research if shifting the emphasis of assessment to mastery of skills concerning scientific inquiry would help increasing students’ internal motivation to learning, and ultimately improve learning outcome. The goal will be achieved by:

• Modifying and further developing a set of problem sets that are data-driven and inquired-based on core concepts of ocean sciences
• Engaging students in an online virtual lab as a final project
• Adopting a scientific approach and quantify the effectiveness of these intervention through the use of concept inventories, attitude surveys and focus groups.

Project Outcome

The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.

Status

Ongoing

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• Project Plan

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