Application of rasch- based espegs model in measuring generic skills of engineering students: a new paradigm
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (FKE) teaching and learning processes was certified to ISO 9001:2000 and now seeks the Engineering Accreditation Council of Malaysia (EAC) approval. One of FKE’s top management commit ment is to ensure...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2008
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/18882/ http://eprints.utm.my/18882/ http://eprints.utm.my/18882/1/RozehaARashid2008_Application%20of%20rasch-%20based%20espegs.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (FKE) teaching and learning processes was certified to ISO 9001:2000 and now seeks the Engineering Accreditation Council of Malaysia
(EAC) approval. One of FKE’s top management commit
ment is to ensure the programme accreditation
requirements are met. EAC adopts American Accred
itation Board of Engineering and Technology 2000
(ABET) principles which promote outcome based education (OBE) learning process. OBE calls for the
evaluation of the course learning outcomes (CLO) as specified in each Course Outline. Performance
measurement has been largely dependent on students’ pe
rformance in carrying out tasks such as tests, quizzes
or submission of assignments. Evaluation on the perfo
rmance outputs; categorised as technical knowledge and
generic skills, gives an indication on the achievement of the subject’s expected CLO. This paper describes a computational model which can be used to measure a subject CLO in an undergraduate electrical engineering
program. An overview of the measurement model and its key concepts are presented. ESPEGS Model is the
acronym for Engineering Student Performance Evaluation
on Generic Skills. This model of measurement is
developed based on students’ marks entries and together with Rasch Measurement Model, it can be used to improve the students’ assessment method on the CLO of each subject. Results obtained were assessed against
the CLO maps for consistency and used as a guide for
future improvement of the teaching method. The study
shows that this model of measurement, which adopts Rasch Model based on Logistic Regression Model, can
classify students learning ability more accurately
with only very few randomly selected students and
dimensions as compared to the traditional CGPA method
. |
|---|