Search engine for engineering education assessment instruments

Author

Davis, Daniel ; Brooks, Susan ; Brown, Shannon ; Davis, Howard ; LeBeau, Jennifer ; French, Brian ; Trevisan, Michael

Author_Institution

Chem. Eng. & Bioeng., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1905

Lastpage

1907

Abstract

Adoption research has guided the development of a classification and rating system for assessment instruments valuable to the engineering education community. The ASSESS website enables users to search for instruments that measure outcomes of interest and that possess desired characteristics. The website classifies instruments by outcomes assessed, technical features, instrument format, and administration parameters. Instrument descriptions and ratings are displayed in forms useful to both experienced and inexperienced users seeking instruments for specific needs. The user community contributes to ASSESS by rating instruments and suggesting others for development or inclusion. ASSESS developers invite user input to make ASSESS highly valuable to the engineering education community.

Keywords

Web sites; classification; computer aided instruction; engineering computing; engineering education; instrumentation; search engines; ASSESS Website; administration parameters; classification system; engineering education assessment instruments; engineering education community; instrument descriptions; instrument format; instrument ratings; rating system; search engine; technical features; user community; Communities; Complexity theory; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Instruments; Prototypes; Technological innovation; assessment; assessment instruments; engineering education; outcomes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oklahoma City, OK

ISSN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2013.6685166

Filename

6685166