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dc.contributor.authorCajander, Å.
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, M.
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, R.
dc.contributor.authorVon Konsky, Brian
dc.contributor.editorJohn Hamer
dc.contributor.editorMichael de Raadt
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:53:32Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:53:32Z
dc.date.created2012-03-08T20:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCajander, Åsa and Daniels, Mats and McDermott, Roger and Von Konsky, Brian R. 2011. Assessing professional skills in engineering education, in John Hamer and Michael de Raadt (ed), Thirteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2011), Jan 17 2011. Perth, Western Australia: Australian Computer Society
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6504
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This paper addresses the issue of developing and assessing professional skills in higher education programs. This includes defining and assessing these skills, in the contexts of an individual course unit and for an entire degree program. Identifying forms of assessment that are seen as authentic, meaningful and understandable by the students, teaching staff and curriculum developers are of utmost importance if professional skills are to be accepted and included in the formal curriculum. This can be particularly important in programs that aim to offer students a truly collaborative learning experience in a culturally diverse team. Reflections are presented as one example of an assessment method that fits this requirement. Building assessment based on the notion of threshold concepts is introduced in the context of an open ended group project course unit at Uppsala University.

dc.publisherAustralian Computer Society
dc.subjectthreshold concepts
dc.subjectProfessional skills
dc.subjectopen ended group problems
dc.subjectreflections
dc.subjectassessment
dc.titleAssessing professional skills in engineering education
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.issn1445-1336
dcterms.source.titleConferences in research and practice in information technology
dcterms.source.seriesConferences in research and practice in information technology
dcterms.source.conferenceThirteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2011)
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJan 17 2011
dcterms.source.conferencelocationPerth, Western Australia
dcterms.source.placeSydney, Australia
curtin.departmentCBS - Faculty Office
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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