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Development and Deployment of a Rubric Based on Fink’s Cognitive Dimensions in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Class with Potential Applications in a Variety of Engineering Classes
Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers, pp.25.441.1-25.441.21
American Society for Engineering Education Conference (San Antonio, Texas, 06/10/2012 - 06/13/2012)
06/10/2012
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/120638
Abstract
Development and Deployment of a Rubric Based on Fink’s CognitiveDimensions in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Class with Potential Applications in a Variety of Engineering ClassesThere is a need for better and more objective assessments of student cognition especially at theengineering college level. This is important to capture essential intellectual abilities that may bemissed through conventional testing, produce assessments that are far more descriptive ofstudent cognition than a single holistic grade, link learning outcomes and professionalcompetencies, enable multiple evaluators to apply the same criteria to judge the same work anddesign better formative interventions. This paper reports on the development and subsequentdeployment of a rubric based on Fink’s cognitive dimensions of Foundational Knowledge (F),Application (A) and Integration (I) in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (FMHT) class thoughit has potential broader multi-disciplinary applicability. Professors from Chemical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering and Education alongside graduate students from Chemical Engineeringwere involved in the development of the rubric. Definitions of what exactly constitute F, A and Iin the subject domain were negotiated, scales indicating levels of performance were agreed uponand a minimum competency “anchor” line was drawn. Deployment of the rubric was donefollowing a Convergent Participation Model (CPM) to be described in the body of the paper.Three main types of assessment artifacts namely traditional text-book problems, professor-crafted worksheets and final examination problems were rated for the aforementioned cognitivedimensions. A portion (25%) of the anonymous artifacts were selected and rated by 2 differentpanels consisting of professors and graduates students involved in the rubric development, orotherwise trained in its use. Our premise was that we would see consistent ratings for the F, A,and I dimensions and that ratings for the worksheets would be identical to those for traditionaltextbook problems. However, the three dimensions were found to produce different ratings,depending on the depth and complexity of the assignment, and the three types of assessmentartifacts were found to differ significantly in rubric outcomes. These and other interestingfindings are discussed with a view to designing better learning experiences and assessments.
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- Title
- Development and Deployment of a Rubric Based on Fink’s Cognitive Dimensions in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Class with Potential Applications in a Variety of Engineering Classes
- Creators
- Baba AbdulDavid B. ThiessenBernard J. Van WieGary Robert BrownOlusola O. Adesope
- Publication Details
- Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers, pp.25.441.1-25.441.21
- Conference
- American Society for Engineering Education Conference (San Antonio, Texas, 06/10/2012 - 06/13/2012)
- Academic Unit
- Education, College of
- Publisher
- American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
- Identifiers
- 99900601155001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding