Development of an Assessment Scheme for a Student Design Project/Competitions Course

Project Title

Development of an Assessment Scheme for a Student Design Project/Competitions Course

Project Leader

Prof Kam-Tim Woo

School / Dept

SENG / ECE

Project Duration

Mar 2010 - Jun 2012

Project Description

This project modified the existing assessment scheme to facilitate students to achieve the learning outcomes of a course on student design project/competitions by 1) developing new and specific rubrics; 2) introducing self and peer assessment;  3) involving communication tutor or language instructor to assess students; 4) studying the feasibility of integrating project elements into LANG courses for engineering students and 5) getting feedback from stakeholders, like professionals and representatives from the NGOs etc.  

Project Outcome

1. Developed assessment rubrics and introduced peer assessment so that the students can learn from each other
2. Kept track with the students' learning progress and promoted students' self-reflection along with instructors' feedback
3. Involved other faculties and other stakeholders (including professionals, non-governmental organizations, etc.) to assess and give feedback to the students

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

Full Project