Classification of First Year Engineering Courses Based on Descriptions, Outcomes, Assessment

该项目正在使用伊曼-德尔菲程序来收集和分类第一年工程课程的预期结果和评估方法，然后使用这些结果来确定这些课程的分类方案或一套模型。这一达成共识的方法遵循了一种经过验证的技术，该技术旨在允许一个大型专家小组根据有限数量的调查数据制定共享的方案图像。事实证明，它成功地为努力指定导致定义模糊定义的行业或方案的特征的团体制定了共识。在这一过程之后，正在举办研讨会，调查已定义的模型及其相关结果和评估战略，以确定评估差距。这些分类将指导工程界制定一年级课程，这些课程在各机构之间具有一定的一致性，并促进学分转移，鼓励联合课程开发，并更有效地将一年级课程与课程的其余部分联系起来。结果正通过会议论文、研讨会和期刊文章广泛传播。

The project is using the Imen-Delphi procedure to capture and categorize expected outcomes and assessment methods in first-year engineering courses and then using these results to define a classification schemes or set of models for these courses. This methodology for developing a consensus follows a proven technique designed to allow a large panel of experts to develop shared images of schemes based on a limited number of rounds of survey data. It has been proven to be successful in the development of a consensus for groups striving to specify characteristics leading to definitions of vaguely defined industries or programs This process is being followed by a workshop to investigate the defined models with their associated outcomes and assessment strategies in order to identify assessment gaps. These classifications would guide the engineering community in the development of first-year courses that have some coherency across institutions and facilitate transfer credit, encourage joint course development, and more effectively connect the first-year course to the rest of the curriculum. Results are being widely disseminated through conference papers, workshops, and journal articles.