Utilising a capability maturity model to optimise project based learning – case study

Assessment and Evaluation in Active Learning Implementations: Introducing the Engineering Education Active Learning Maturity Model

“…Course artifacts (problems, projects, or cases studied) should:  engage students with real-life problems and active experiences [62];  provide students with a variety of additional instructional resources, such as simulations, case studies, videos, and demonstrations [62];  be suitable to achieve different targets including the support of the students' learning process and establishing learning outcomes requirements [53];  be clearly written, in the right length, useful, flexible, and provide an appropriate degree of breath [63];  have suitable intellectual challenge [16][17][18]42,64]; and  begin with an explanation of its purpose [49,65,66].…”

“…Although Active Learning has already been validated as an effective way to influence student learning and is increasingly being incorporated into the classroom, there is no way to qualify and evaluate the use of Active Learning techniques by faculty members [40]. There are four maturity models in the field of education, but none that specifically allow the assessment of the implementation of Active Learning in a course [53][54][55][56]. In addition to the difficulty of measuring Active Learning usage in the classroom, there is no way to assess the maturity level of Active Learning implementations in a course or a program of a Higher Education Institution (HEI), engineering schools included.…”

“…Be suitable to achieve different targets including the support of the students' learning process and establishing learning outcomes requirements [53];…”

Modelos de Maturidade em um Cenário Educacional: Um Mapeamento Sistemático

“…Finally, as an example of CMMI-based model, the study performed by (Mughrabi, Jaeger, 2018) interviewing area experts and validated by applying them in two case studies. They concluded that the model could be improved by introducing adequate control of authenticity of students' work, as well as considering students' effort throughout the span of the project, and, in order to institutionalise the PBL model, it will be necessary an introduction of general goals and practices.…”

“…In a different but related perspective, Capability Maturity Models (CMM) (Paulk et al, 1993) (Paulk, 2002), originally adopted in software process improvement, have emerged as an interesting alternative for process improvement in the educational area (Mughrabi, Jaeger, 2018). In short, a Capability Maturity Model is a development model that measures the ability of an organization for continuous improvement in the software development context.…”