Validity, Reliability and the Assessment of Engineering Education

Moskal, Barbara M.; Leydens, Jon A.; Pavelich, Michael J.

doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00714.x

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“…We needed to test for validity and reliability because the list contained 48 items that might be connected to one another in some meaningful way (Moskal, Leydens, and Pavelich 2002). Likewise, the competencies should be classified to facilitate analysis.…”

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Evaluating the competency mismatch between Master of Engineering graduates and industry needs in China

Peng

Zhang

2014

Studies in Higher Education

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This study investigates the mismatch between the educational attainment of a graduate with a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree and the industry needs in China. A competency list for MEng graduates from the perspective of industry needs was constructed. And a survey was conducted among MEng graduate students, alumni, and employers to assess the listed items. The analysis of the survey data yielded five competencies. Mismatches were found for all five factors. Each discrepancy is discussed in detail in this paper.

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Section: Classification Of Competenciesmentioning

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Evaluating the competency mismatch between Master of Engineering graduates and industry needs in China

Peng

Zhang

2014

Studies in Higher Education

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“…In order to ensure the reliability [31] in the observational protocol, 67 of the observations were scored by two separate observers. Agreement was at an acceptable level of 75% or above for all functions.…”

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Engineering Design: Examining the Impact of Gender and the Team's Gender Composition

Laeser

Moskal

Knecht

et al. 2003

J of Engineering Edu

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This project used Eberhardt's team functions as an observational protocol to examine the team process as it occurred in the Engineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence (EPICS) at the Colorado School of Mines. A design report scoring rubric was used to evaluate the quality of the team‐produced final report. The results of this study suggest that the gender composition of the teams impacted both the interactions that took place during the team process and the quality of the team's final report. Members of majority male teams were more likely to be witnessed clarifying and standard setting during team interactions than were members of majority female teams. During the first course, the final reports that were produced by majority male teams on average were judged to be of higher quality than were those that were produced by majority female teams. The reverse was found to be true in the second course.

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“…There are a number of different aspects of validity; see the article by Moskal et al. for a summary [2]. This study investigates the content validity of Work funded by NSF Grants DUE-0512430 and DUE-0512636.…”

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Signals and systems assessment: Comparison of responses to multiple choice conceptual questions and open-ended final exam problems

Wage

Buck

Hjalmarson

et al. 2011

2011 Digital Signal Processing and Signal Processing Education Meeting (DSP/SPE)

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The validity of the Signals and Systems Concept Inventory (SSCI) was evaluated by comparing students' performance on the SSCI to open-ended final exam problems. An assessment instrument is said to be valid to the extent that it measures what it was designed to measure. The SSCI was designed to measure students' understanding of core concepts in undergraduate signals and systems (S&S) courses through 25 multiple choice questions. The SSCI scores and final exam scores for more than 150 students in four sections of S&S at two schools were found to have a statistically significant correlation. A more detailed analysis was conducted with a pool of over 60 students at both schools. This second analysis compared detailed coding of students' responses on the final exam problems to their answers for specific SSCI questions assessing the same topic. This analysis found statistically significant correlations between SSCI questions and final exam problems for some convolution and Fourier transform problems. Results were mixed for the problem on Bode plots.

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Validity, Reliability and the Assessment of Engineering Education

Cited by 60 publications

References 10 publications

Evaluating the competency mismatch between Master of Engineering graduates and industry needs in China

Evaluating the competency mismatch between Master of Engineering graduates and industry needs in China

Engineering Design: Examining the Impact of Gender and the Team's Gender Composition

Signals and systems assessment: Comparison of responses to multiple choice conceptual questions and open-ended final exam problems

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