Using portfolios for exit assessment in engineering programs

Author

Brodeur, Doris R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is designing a portfolio assessment system to assess students´ achievement of program outcomes. The undergraduate aerospace engineering program has embarked upon major curriculum reform initiatives centered on 16 program outcomes detailed in its CDIO Syllabus. Portfolios will be organized into categories reflecting these outcomes. (The 16 CDIO skills, or program outcomes, are also the cornerstone of the program´s self-study report for ABET accreditation.) This paper addresses the planning and development of portfolios for assessing students´ achievement at the end of their programs in aerospace engineering at MIT.

Keywords

aerospace; educational courses; engineering education; CDIO Syllabus; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; aerospace engineering; curriculum reform initiatives; engineering programs; learning outcomes assessment; portfolio assessment system; program outcomes; student achievement assessment; undergraduate aerospace engineering program; Accreditation; Aerospace engineering; Algorithm design and analysis; Databases; Design engineering; Education; Educational programs; Maintenance engineering; Portfolios; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1157962

Filename

1157962