Abstract
The study is about basic course at Polymer technology at Helsinki University of Technology that is taken by ca. 150 students. It is not compulsory to attend lectures which connected with good educational material has led to situation that only 1/3 of the students. Conventionally the course has been assessed using a theory exam in the end of the course. For two years now, an alternative way has been offered: weekly assignments. These assignments consist of question s about substance and reflective learning diary part to show one's deeper understanding and to describe the learning process. Most of the students that made assignments found it a meaningful way to learn. Also the teachers do believe in this kind of activation. The shortage of teacher recourses for the assessment will be fact also next year. A larger question is how to activate the passive students? Now it seems that students that are active anyway were offered an effective way to be even more active. Does this improve the quality of learning in desired way?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | SEFI 37th Annual Conference 2009 |
| Publisher | Société européenne pour la formation des ingénieurs |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | D3 Professional conference proceedings |
| Event | Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2009 → 4 Jul 2009 Conference number: 37 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education |
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| Abbreviated title | SEFI |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Period | 01/07/2009 → 04/07/2009 |
Keywords
- Activation
- Learning
- Learning style
- Teaching