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Bridging diverse institutions, multiple engineering departments, and industry: A case study in assessment planning

Journal of Engineering Education, Apr 1998 by McMartin, Flora, Van Duzer, Eric, Agogino, Alice

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Synthesis Coalition's assessment planning was financially supported by the National Science Foundation Engineering Education Coalitions Program (Award No. EEC 9625456). The authors wish to thank all the Synthesis Coalition project leaders, students, and industrial board members who contributed their energy, ideas, and thoughts to the assessment planning process and the tools developed with their advice and counsel.

*"The Synthesis Coalition has been funded by the NSF Engineering Education Coalition program since 1990. The primary goal of the Synthesis Coalition is to improve the effectiveness of engineering education by emphasizing embedded computing and mechatronics.

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*Participants are asked to write on 3x5 notecard any questions about what remained "muddy" or unclear about a presentation. The cards were collected and analyzed by the presenter in order the identify areas which required more explanation or clarification.

*Clearly, with the practical limitations of assessment, no list could cover every possible ability that engineers need. However, given the importance of developing commitment and a common foundation for assessment across such diverse institutions, the critical issue was gaining consensus around a sub-set of abilities the Synthesis Coalition's participants could agree on as important.

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Bridging diverse institutions, multiple engineering departments, and industry: A case study in assessment planning

Journal of Engineering Education, Apr 1998 by McMartin, Flora, Van Duzer, Eric, Agogino, Alice

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