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A proposal to develop and assess professional skills in Engineering Final Year Projects
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Author:
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Sánchez Carracedo, Fermín; Climent Vilaró, Joan; Corbalán González, Julita; Fonseca Casas, Pau; García Almiñana, Jordi; Herrero Zaragoza, José Ramón; Rodríguez Hontoria, Horacio; Sancho Samsó, María Ribera
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Other authors:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industrial; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Ciències de la Computació; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Serveis i Sistemes d'Informació; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CAP - Grup de Computació d'Altes Prestacions; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. VIS - Visió Artificial i Sistemes Intel.ligents; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. MPI - Modelització i Processament de la Informació; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CRAAX - Centre de Recerca d'Arquitectures Avançades de Xarxes; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GPLN - Grup de Processament del Llenguatge Natural |
Abstract:
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In this paper we discuss the result of piloting a methodology for Engineering Final Year Projects (FYP) assessment that takes into consideration professional skills acquisition. The FYP is structured around three milestones; skills are assigned to each milestone according to the tasks required in each phase, and a list of indicators have been designed for every phase. The criteria are specified in a rubric and are made available to students. The FYP implementation includes evaluation methods and a homogeneous assessment throughout the project development in order to provide students with valuable project implementation support, to facilitate the project organization, to improve the quality of projects and thereby to reduce the academic drop-out rate. The proposed methodology has been implemented and piloted at the Barcelona School of Informatics, and the conclusions can easily be generalized to any other Engineering degree. This paper presents the results of the FYP for 1,569 students. The average percentage of students finishing FYP in previous degrees was 65% on average, whereas in the case of the Bachelor Degree in Informatics the percentage rose to 90% with the methodology proposed in this paper. In addition, 95% of these students finished their
FYP in less than one year, compared to only 65% who finished it in less than one year in previous Degrees. |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Habilitats personals i competències -Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Evaluation -Competency-based education -Final year project -Assessment of final year project -Assessment of professional skills -Enginyeria -- Ensenyament Universitari -- Avaluació -Competències professionals -- Ensenyament |
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Tempus Publications
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