Intended Learning Outcomes

Set clear intended learning outcomes relevant to engineering practice... 

Clear intended learning outcomes increase motivation and guide studies. Seeing how the course contributes to professional competence is motivating... 

The purposeful relationship between intended learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities, and assessment is known as constructive alignment [4], as... 

How can students demonstrate that they have reached the intended learning outcomes ... 

Intended learning outcomes describe what the student will be able to do as a result of the course. These outcomes should be observable, that is, it must be possible for students to demonstrate, and faculty to determine, whether and how well the learning outcomes have been met. Therefore, statements of student performance use active verbs and phrases, such as describe, give examples of, choose, explain in your own words, estimate, calculate, solve, apply, design, interpret, plan, evaluate, modify, decide, sketch, critique. Examples of such assessable learning outcomes include Discuss and determine the statistical validity of data and Elicit and... 

To summarize, intended learning outcomes should be stated in terms of observable performances and should indicate the level of understanding students are meant... 

Table 63 Examples of intended learning outcomes related to specific topics in the CDIO Syllabus...

In some cases, the teaching methods and the assessment methods may be the same for a specific learning outcome. For example, students learn how to give effective oral presentations by practicing them. To assess whether or not they have achieved the intended learning outcome, we observe them as they give oral presentations. This is an example of performance assessment. 

Many intended learning outcomes can be assessed by observing students in the performance of specific tasks, for example, oral communication and teamwork. Instructors, lab supervisors, industry experts, project sponsors, evaluation specialists, and the students themselves can all take part in observing and rating student... 

Intended learning outcomes and evidence that they have been met. 

The design-implement experiences are regularly evaluated and revised, based on feedback from students, instructors, and other steikeholders There is documented evidence that students have achieved the intended learning outcomes of the design-implement experiences At least two design-implement experiences of increasing complexity are being implemented... 

There is documented evidence that students have achieved the intended learning outcomes of the introductory engineering course... 

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