TY - GEN
T1 - Methodical evaluation of single and group projects
AU - Ponn, Josef
AU - Kreimeyer, Matthias
AU - Lindemann, Udo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Evaluation and grading of student projects is a difficult undertaking. It has to be fair towards the student, recognize his work and evaluate his success, but also motivate him for his future learning. At the same time, a project has to be judged justly in comparison to the overall student body and the general level of quality that is to be expected. Ultimately, individual supervision of these projects, as commonly exercised in the German university system, creates personal bonds that, however, must not influence the final grade. The challenge is even higher when assessing student projects where students work together as a team and collaborate on a common topic. This paper proposes a methodical evaluation based on a number of criteria that have been designed to enable an overall evaluation of a student's work. To ensure overall fairness and the workflow, a standardized template is used. The criteria are communicated to the students before the start of any individual project. Frequent use over the past two years has shown that the system in place works well. It helps supervisors overcome individual (dis)likings and judge the overall project according to the institute's general quality standards and, at the same time, raises transparency among the students as to the expectations to their work. For this reason, this paper is also meant to be an example of a best practise in design education.
AB - Evaluation and grading of student projects is a difficult undertaking. It has to be fair towards the student, recognize his work and evaluate his success, but also motivate him for his future learning. At the same time, a project has to be judged justly in comparison to the overall student body and the general level of quality that is to be expected. Ultimately, individual supervision of these projects, as commonly exercised in the German university system, creates personal bonds that, however, must not influence the final grade. The challenge is even higher when assessing student projects where students work together as a team and collaborate on a common topic. This paper proposes a methodical evaluation based on a number of criteria that have been designed to enable an overall evaluation of a student's work. To ensure overall fairness and the workflow, a standardized template is used. The criteria are communicated to the students before the start of any individual project. Frequent use over the past two years has shown that the system in place works well. It helps supervisors overcome individual (dis)likings and judge the overall project according to the institute's general quality standards and, at the same time, raises transparency among the students as to the expectations to their work. For this reason, this paper is also meant to be an example of a best practise in design education.
KW - Evaluation
KW - Grading
KW - Group work
KW - Seminar
KW - Student term project
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859228485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859228485
SN - 9780955394218
T3 - DS 43: Proceedings of E and PDE 2007, the 9th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
SP - 185
EP - 190
BT - DS 43
T2 - 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2008
Y2 - 13 September 2007 through 14 September 2007
ER -