• DocumentCode
    3188731
  • Title

    Open exams: efficient approach in student assessment in engineering education

  • Author

    Demidenko, S. ; Chong, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    1981
  • Abstract
    The paper presents an open examination method of student assessment. Among its main benefits are higher motivation of students and teaching staff, improved quality of student learning, reduced staff load. The method has been successfully tried in undergraduate teaching of engineering subjects in Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore and Massey University, New Zealand
  • Keywords
    engineering education; human factors; teaching; engineering education; engineering subjects; open examination method; student assessment; undergraduate teaching; Accreditation; Best practices; Engineering education; Information science; Joining processes; Knowledge engineering; Materials reliability; Paper technology; Roads; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Budapest
  • ISSN
    1091-5281
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6646-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMTC.2001.929547
  • Filename
    929547