Assessment Activities and Student Work:

We define assessment as the review of student learning, and of the factors that affect this learning. In this section we present some of the assessment work that has been inspired by the Mechanical Dissection work at Stanford. All of the assessment presented here is "formative".

Teaching Assessment

• M. Regan & S.D. Sheppard, "Interactive Multimedia Courseware and Hands-on Learning Experience: An Assessment Study," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 2, p. 123-130, 1996.
  
  
• M. Brereton, L. Leifer & S.D. Sheppard, "How Students Connect Engineering Fundamentals to Hardware Design: Observations and Implications for the Design of Curriculum and Assessment Methods," Proceedings of International Conference On Engineering Design, August 1995, Prague, CZK. [29k]
  
  
• Sheppard, S.D., Leifer, L., Carryer, J.E., (1996), "Commentary on Student Interviews" with Table, Innovative Higher Education, Volume 20, No. 4, Summer 1996, pp. 271-276. [10k, 7k]
  
  
• S.D. Sheppard, L. Leifer, "ME-PEER: one model for peer involvement in course assessment," Proceedings of New Approaches to Undergraduate Engineering Education Number VIII, July 23-25, 1996 Kingston, Ontario. [21k]

Student Assessment

• D. Reamon & S.D. Sheppard, "The Role of Simulation Software in an Ideal Learning Environment," Paper DTM-3891. Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 14-17, 1997. ASME 1997, New York. [27k]
  
  
• D. Reamon & S.D. Sheppard, "Analytic Problem Solving Methodology," Paper 96-333. Proceedings of the 26th Frontiers in Education Conference, Nov. 6-9, 1996. IEEE 1996, Piscataway, NJ. [18k]
  
  
• D. Reamon, S.D. Sheppard & S. Tan, "LINKAGE Multimedia Software," results from in-class survey of students using Linkages multimedia, May 1995. [7k]
  
  
• S.D. Sheppard, "Preliminary Mechanical Dissection Exercises" with "Pre-Test Results," From ME99 course materials, Oct. 1993. [71k, 0k]
  
  
• S.D. Sheppard, "Final Mechanical Dissection Exercises" with "Post-Test Results," From ME99 course materials, Oct. 1993. [63k, 0k]

Exercise Assessment

• C. Linde & J. Roschelle, "Toy Dissection: Formative In-Depth Assessment Report," Institute for Research on Learning. [30k]
  
  
• C. Linde, J. Roschelle & R. Stevens, "Drill Dissection: Formative In-Depth Assessment Report," Institute for Research on Learning. [25k]

Course Assessment

• Kiosk Report
  
  
• Synthesis Survey

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