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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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Hodges, Linda C. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Group exams in science courses can enhance students' achievement and encourage retention of students within the discipline. The challenge to instructors is to recognize when and how they are best used.
Descriptors: Group Testing, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Cooperative Learning
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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