TY - GEN
T1 - Proposed methodology for assessment of educational outcomes of engineering courses
AU - El-Ariss, Bilal
AU - Sweedan, Amr M.I.
AU - El-Sawy, Khaled M.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - The implementation of the new ABET Engineering Accreditation Criteria 2000 (EAC 2000) into Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate curricula has been critical lo the success of the education program. The EAC 2000 emphasizes an outcome-based approach to engineering education where graduates must have demonstrated abilities in math, science, engineering, design, teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-long learning. Although students' grades and feedback acquired by standard questionnaires may reflect the course success and students' satisfaction, more indicators are still needed to measure the success of the course in equipping students with the skills and attitudes specified in those outcomes. The authors describe, in details, the development of an Excel spreadsheet and the associated assessment tools for a technical design course to measure its success and ensure its continuous improvement to meet the requirements of the ABET engineering criteria. Mapping of course outcomes to the Civil Engineering program (CE) objectives and outcomes and mapping of the course contents to criteria (A-to-K.) are also discussed.
AB - The implementation of the new ABET Engineering Accreditation Criteria 2000 (EAC 2000) into Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate curricula has been critical lo the success of the education program. The EAC 2000 emphasizes an outcome-based approach to engineering education where graduates must have demonstrated abilities in math, science, engineering, design, teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-long learning. Although students' grades and feedback acquired by standard questionnaires may reflect the course success and students' satisfaction, more indicators are still needed to measure the success of the course in equipping students with the skills and attitudes specified in those outcomes. The authors describe, in details, the development of an Excel spreadsheet and the associated assessment tools for a technical design course to measure its success and ensure its continuous improvement to meet the requirements of the ABET engineering criteria. Mapping of course outcomes to the Civil Engineering program (CE) objectives and outcomes and mapping of the course contents to criteria (A-to-K.) are also discussed.
KW - ABET
KW - Assessment tools
KW - Measuring outcomes
KW - Qualitative assessment
KW - Quantitative assessment
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898488043
SN - 1934272698
SN - 9781934272695
T3 - IMETI 2009 - 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation, Proceedings
SP - 209
EP - 214
BT - IMETI 2009 - 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation, Proceedings
PB - International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics, IIIC
T2 - 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation, IMETI 2009
Y2 - 10 July 2009 through 13 July 2009
ER -