UK Centre for Materials Education
Working with you to enhance the student experience
Working with you to enhance the student experience
The difficulty of assessment in applied subjects like materials science and engineering is that, while traditional assessment methods which assess knowledge achievements are still important, such methods fail to assess skills development. Some of these skills such as criticality, creativity and problem solving, are intrinsic to the disciplines, whilst others such as team skills, interpersonal skills and IT skills are much less related to a particular discipline, but are of considerable interest to future employers. This workshop will address methods appropriate for both traditional and innovative forms of assessment.
The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Lewis Elton, the Centre's Thematic Group leader for assessment. Lewis Elton is Professor of Higher Education at University College, London and Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at the University of Surrey. His recent work has included evaluating the Quality Assessment programme for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and developing a Postgraduate course on 'Ressearch and Development in Higher Education' for experienced academic teachers.
The event will be interactive and conducted largely through group discussion. An important aspect will be the discussion of samples and ideas brought by the delegates, so please make sure to bring some.
| 10.00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:30 | Introductory discussion |
| 11.00 | Traditional assessment |
| (Delegates are asked to bring samples of old examination papers) | |
| 12:00 | Working lunch |
| (Delegates will discuss in groups the relevance of their examination paper samples to the theory and practice presented earlier) | |
| 13.00 | Innovative forms of assessment |
| (Delegates are asked to bring ideas and/or samples for non traditional forms of assessment, particularly relating to the assessment of skills) | |
| 15.30 | Final summing up |
| (Tea and coffee will be available during this session) | |
| 16.00 | Close |