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Assessments For Three Performance Areas In Capstone Engineering Design

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Capstone engineering design courses occupy pivotal positions in every engineering baccalaureate degree program.They are critical to preparing graduates with professional skills needed for innovative, responsible practice in a global environment, and they provide vital assessment data for ABET accreditation of degree programs.This paper describes assessment instruments developed for capstone engineering design courses, filling a crucial gap facing design educators.Seven assessment exercises are presented to address three areas of performance for capstone engineering design.Each exercise is accompanied by a scoring rubric structured around performance factors and five levels of performance.Suggestions given for utilization for formative and summative purposes make these assessments valuable for guiding student learning and assigning performance scores or grades.These assessments constitute foundational parts of an assessment system for capstone engineering design courses.

Source: ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

DOI: 10.18260/1-2--2759

Authors: Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein, Olakunle Harrison, Phillip Thompson, Michael Trevisan

Institutions: Washington State University, University of Idaho, Tuskegee University, Seattle University

Language: English

Topic: Engineering Education and Curriculum Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education