Peer Assessment among Students in a Problem-Based Learning Format Conclusions

The complete case study takes around six hours to complete and is used for two separate sessions of 3 hours per session. In total, about 180 postgraduate students in around 40 groups in five separate classes have participated over a period of five years. These have ranged from classes where the number of groups was four up to classes where the number of groups was 11.

In terms of strengths, the results have consistently found that students:

• consider it an interesting, relevant, and effective method of learning

• working on a realistic problem makes them see the relevance of their studies

• has the advantages of PBL, i.e. students learn better by "doing" and this promotes deep understanding rather than surface learning

• promotes group learning, i.e. students learn from each other, particularly postgraduate students

• have the opportunity to Peer Assess (and grade) each other's work, which they find both very interesting and a useful learning experience in its own right.

Students often expect a "model" or "correct" solution to a problem. What has been done in this case is to change this problem into an experience where they were made to recognize that there are seldom such solutions. In real engineering situations, student must deal with an accumulation of both technical and managerial facts wholistically.

In terms of weaknesses:

• it's more work for the teacher, in preparation as well as execution, since it has to be well organized, especially with larger size classes - but it's worth it!

• it occupies considerable time - in this case it was 6 hours out of 42 hours class contact (around 14%), two topics were covered, namely: Layout Planning and Evaluation.

In summary, this case helps students to develop their thinking and decision making skills through practice on a real life scenario. They tend to do all of the thinking, originate their own ideas, learn from each other, organize the discussion, and establish priorities that covers the material in the time available without interference from the teacher. They learn by doing, promoting deep learning, rather learning by listening, which tends to promote surface learning. Moreover, they recognize that successful treatment of engineering situations often involves a compromise between both individual preference of group members depending on their way of looking at a situation and subjectivity of deciding upon a particular solution as only one of many possible solutions.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الشؤون الفكرية ينظم مجلسًا عزائيًّا في دولة بوروندي الإفريقية

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تواصل إقامة مجالسها العزائية لإحياء شهر المحرَّم

سماحة السيد الصافي يدعو إلى التدبر في القرآن والاستفادة منه في مواجهة تحديات الحياة

ضمن برنامج التطوير الحسيني التاسع.. جمعية كشافة الكفيل تقيم مهرجان الكشاف الحسيني

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

دراسة تكشف علاقة خطيرة بين عمر الأم وصحة مولودها

دراسة تحذر.. اضطراب نوم بسيط قد يسبب الموت المبكر ؟

الاستحمام بالماء الساخن.. راحة مؤقتة وأضرار دائمة للبشرة

ماذا يحدث للجسم عند تخطي وجبة الإفطار؟

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

كيف تساعد الصيانة الوقائية في الحفاظ على كفاءة التكييف في سيارتك ؟

في ظاهرة غريبة حيرت العلماء.. كوكبنا قد يسجل أقصر يوم في التاريخ هذا الصيف!

السد الصيني العملاق يعيق دوران الأرض ويغيّر شكلها ؟

السعودية تطلق 10 تجارب علمية إلى محطة الفضاء الدولية

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Preparation of documents needed (by the teacher)

Briefing of changes in the assessment mode of the subject "Project"

Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Group Projects through Poster Assessment

Student Feedback

Peer Assessment among Students in a Problem-Based Learning Format Procedure Results

Peer Assessment among Students in a Problem-Based Learning Format Procedure

Possible Problems

Group Work and Peer Assessment

Implementation of Peer Assessment Peer Assessment

Peer Assessment among Students in a Problem-Based Learning Format

Sustainable Assessment and Lifelong Learning: Standards for Excellence and the Development of Teacher Identity Conclusions

Building sustainability