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Challenge-based and Competency-based Assessments in an Undergraduate Programming Course
- Source :
- International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 16, Iss 13, Pp 17-28 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Kassel University Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- In this work, we investigate an optimal assessment strategy to measure student learning in the first-year undergraduate engineering course at X-Department at X University. Specifically, we evaluate and compare challenge-based and competency-based assessment strategies. In the challenge-based approach, the students are required to design a C++-based application that meet the required design objectives. The competency-based assessment involves assessing learning by asking a variety of pointed questions pertaining to a single or a small group of concepts. After studying the performance of 207 students, we found that in the challenge-based assessment, due to the complex nature of the questions that assess numerous concepts simultaneously, students who are not very thorough with even one or two concepts fared very poorly since they were unable to finish the challenge and present a functional prototype of the program. On the other hand, the competency-based assessment allowed for a more balanced approach in which the students’ learning was reflected more accurately by their performance in the various assessments.
- Subjects :
- Computer science
Challenge based learning
assessment
engineering
General Engineering
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
programming
Variety (cybernetics)
Education
Design objective
Competency-based learning
Mathematics education
Undergraduate engineering
Student learning
challenge-based learning
competency-based learning
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18630383
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....28a63c5d18da45b025fd2ceae24d09cb