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Dahl, Bettina; Kolmos, Anette – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
At Aalborg University, engineering students spend half the time each semester in groups working on projects in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. The projects are assessed through group exams, except for between 2007 and 2013 when the law forbade group-based project exams. Prior to 2007, a survey showed that students preferred the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
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Siegel, Marcelle; Roberts, Tina M.; Freyermuth, Sharyn K.; Witzig, Stephen B.; Izci, Kemal – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
The authors describe a collaborative group-testing strategy implemented and studied in undergraduate science classes. This project investigated how the assessment strategy relates to student performance and perceptions about collaboration and focused on two sections of an undergraduate biotechnology course taught in separate semesters.
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, College Science, Higher Education, Alignment (Education)
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Caple, Helen; Bogle, Mike – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
This paper investigates the use of new media technologies, in particular wikis, for the compiling and grading of group assessment tasks. Wikis are open web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with internet access and are well known for their collaborative nature. Wikis are also transparent, which means that any edit/modification is…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Group Testing, Grading, Technology Uses in Education
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Van den Bergh, Veerle; Mortelmans, Dimitri; Spooren, Pieter; Van Petegem, Peter; Gijbels, David; Vanthournout, Gert – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2006
Because of an increasing quality concern for higher education, additional attention is being paid to new educational principles with a more student- and competence-centred vision. Project-based education is one of the learning environments congruent with these principles. Ideally, the students in this learning environment are assessed by suitable…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Principles, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
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Schrank, Frederick A.; Hayden, Charles – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1981
Describes an individual and group method for learning about children's school attitudes, appropriate for students not yet proficient in paper and pencil usage. Gives directions for administration and interpretation of the Kinetic School Drawing, and suggestions for using it as a counseling or diagnostic aid. (KMF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education
Crane, Robert; Hulsart, Richard – 1975
"The Politics and Process of Evaluation and Decision Making in the Schools: The Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Experience" and "Use of National Assessment Model for Classroom Evaluation" were two papers presented at the Regional Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies. The first paper concerned the development of an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation