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Assessing Student Work to Support Curriculum Development: An Engineering Case Study
Journal of Learning Communities Research
  • Kevin P. Saunders, Iowa State University
  • Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University
  • Corly Brooke, Iowa State University
  • Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University
  • Steven Freeman, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Abstract

Today's engineering graduates need specialized knowledge and abilities associated with interdisciplinary education. This article discusses how a departmental curriculum committee in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering used a collaborative assessment protocol to both examine the development of engineering students' integrative thinking and to guide a continuous curricular improvement process.

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This article is from Journal of Learning Communities Research 3, no. 3 (Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009): 47–62.

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Kevin P. Saunders, Thomas J. Brumm, Corly Brooke, Steven K. Mickelson, et al.. "Assessing Student Work to Support Curriculum Development: An Engineering Case Study" Journal of Learning Communities Research Vol. 3 Iss. 3 (2008) p. 47 - 62
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_freeman/66/