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Enhancing
Teaching and Learning in Group Projects through Poster Assessment |
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The aim of this project is to lead the students
through a research project, from problem
identification to the production of a research
report. The original learning outcomes from this
subject are that the students will be able to:
- carry out an initial review of a simple research
topic;
- produce a preliminary project proposal;
- critically review the literature relevant to the
approved project;
- define and refine project aims;
- propose an experimental hypothesis, and develop
a protocol to test that hypothesis;
- carry out the data collection in regard to a
simple research topic;
- prepare and submit a Project Report.
Furthermore to:
- determine, from students' perspective if the
additional assessment component, poster assessment,
is useful to facilitate learning;
- explore how can poster assessment be improved to
enhance learning;
- determine if self-assessment and peer-assessment
can complement each other to further enhance student
learning.
Full
Version of the Sub-project Proposal
Highlights of Project Outcome
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Students took their project work
more seriously as they were required to put in
additional effort about how to present their work
and how to defend it.
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Poster assessment allowed the
students to apply, communicate and to write
concisely and precisely.
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It also encouraged them to be
more creative, to demonstrate their presentation
skills, and encouraged deeper understanding of what
they were doing
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Working together with each other
and with staff to develop assessment criteria, the
use of peer and self assessment helped them to
understand and appreciate the process and complexity
of assessment; and have also helped to enrich their
learning experience.
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Feedback about their posters also
allowed students to improve their final reports.
Self-reflection from the leader
in running the project on:
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what they have learned about
their own teaching and assessment from doing the
project;
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what are they going to do
differently in future as a result of their
involvement in the project;
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reflect on the impact of their
sub project on the quality of student learning;
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what action they might take (or
what they would do differently) to improve learning
(in addition to teaching and assessment which we
raised yesterday) based from the experience of the
sub project.
Sub-project Report
Deliverables
- This study is published as a book chapter in “Frankland, Steve (Ed.) (2007). Enhancing Teaching
and Learning in Group Projects through Poster
Assessment Enhancing Teaching and Learning through
Assessment: Deriving an Appropriate Model. Hong
Kong: The Assessment Resource Centre, The Hong
Kong Polytechnic University. / The Netherlands:
Springer.”
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