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Student responses to activities designed to develop generic professional skills Palmer, Stuart 2000, Student responses to activities designed to develop generic professional skills, Journal of professional issues in engineering education & practice, vol. 126, no. 4, pp. 180-185. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-studentresponses-post-2000.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 89.53KB 5 Title Student responses to activities designed to develop generic professional skills Author(s) Palmer, Stuart Journal name Journal of professional issues in engineering education & practice Volume number 126 Issue number 4 Start page 180 End page 185 Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers Place of publication Reston, Va. Publication date 2000-10 ISSN 1052-3928 Keyword(s) engineering education generic professional skills effective assessment Summary This paper reports on student responses to a range of assessment activities in a final-year engineering unit. Existing assessment activities were supplemented with new activities, the overall aim being to link the assessment activities more effectively to the material being studied, and to develop a range of generic skills important in professional engineering practice. A class survey was undertaken at the beginning of the semester to establish the initial attitudes to the new assessment activities. This was followed up with an end-of-semester survey to determine the change in perceived value of the assessment activities, and to collect student feedback regarding the activities. The perceived value of the assessment activities was determined using a Likert rating scale, while student feedback was collected using open-ended questions. The assessment activities evaluated were group work, case study investigation, report writing, oral presentation, group self-assessment, industrial interviews, and written reflective journals. The responses indicate that engineering students value a range of assessment activities. They value highly visits to real engineering organizations, and—contrary to popular belief —value and enjoy oral presentation exercises. Language eng Field of Research 099999 Engineering not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 930201 Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2000, ASCE Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029772 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute of Teaching and Learning Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 23 Aug 2010, 12:53:29 EST Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 08:20:37 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 08:33:42 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 12:10:06 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 12:11:35 EST Fri, 13 Dec 2013, 07:07:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 365 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 23 Aug 2010, 12:53:26 EST by Stuart Palmer

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