Collaborative Research: Transferable Assessments for Capstone Engineering Design

该项目旨在为跨工程学科和机构的顶点设计课程的学生学习成果创建一个可靠的评估通用系统。它建立在太平洋西北地区可转移综合设计工程教育（TIDEE）联盟十年来的工程设计教育和评估成果的基础上。在此项目之前，调查人员与区域和国家合作者合作：(a)制定一份关于高质量工程师的共识简介；(b)界定工程设计在课程中期和课程结束时的学习成果；(c)开发和测试可靠的工程设计评估工具；(d)促进数十个研讨会，帮助教师定义和评估工程设计学习成果。在这个项目中，一个由多个机构组成的教师团队正在开发评估工具，并听取了来自不同专家顾问和利益相关者的意见。评估工具正在围绕经常使用的课堂作业建立，以衡量顶点设计课程中高水平综合表现的成就。性能期望是从一个顶级质量工程师的个人资料中衍生出来的，适用于全方位的顶点工程设计课程。正在不同的机构和学生群体中测试开发的评估工具的质量，以证明其可转让性。

This project is creating a versatile system for reliable assessments of student learning outcomes for capstone design courses across engineering disciplines and institutions. It builds on a decade of engineering design education and assessment achievements of the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to this project, the investigators engaged regional and national collaborators to: (a) develop a consensus profile of a top quality engineer; (b) define engineering design learning outcomes at mid-point and end-of-program; (c) develop and test reliable assessment instruments for engineering design; and (d) facilitate dozens of workshops to help faculty define and assess engineering design learning outcomes. In this project, a multi-institution faculty team is developing assessment tools with input from a diverse set of expert consultants and stakeholders. Assessment instruments are being built around frequently used classroom assignments to measure achievement of high-level integrated performances in capstone design courses. Performance expectations are being derived from a profile of a top quality engineer for applicability to a full range of capstone engineering design courses. The developed assessment instruments are being tested for quality in diverse institutions and student populations to demonstrate their transferability.