Assessing expertise in mechanical engineering design
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This work introduces a novel assessment of expertise in mechanical engineering design that is more authentic, complete, and scalable than current alternatives. Results from this assessment provide a repeatable measurement of a test-takers level of expertise in the discipline. In addition to providing an absolute measure of one's expertise, such an assessment also allows for quantified comparisons of the relative effectiveness of different educational experiences. Such comparisons can be used as feedback for teacher training to improve student outcomes. This is part of a larger effort to transform the perception of university teaching as a disciplinary expertise that can be measured and quantifiably improved. A course planned around authentic expert decision making in mechanical engineering design was developed. Students of that course were provided the opportunity to refine their command of this set of expert decisions in ways that are consistent with industry practice. The student outcomes, as measured by this novel assessment, show dramatic improvement when compared with the outcomes of conventional university courses
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2020; ©2020 |
| Publication date | 2020; 2020 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Flynn, Michael Peter |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Beach, David W |
| Degree committee member | Kenny, Thomas William |
| Degree committee member | Wieman, C. E. (Carl Edwin) |
| Thesis advisor | Kenny, Thomas William |
| Thesis advisor | Wieman, C. E. (Carl Edwin) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Michael Peter Flynn |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2020 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2020 by Michael Peter Flynn
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-ND).
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