Replacing exams with multiple tests in diploma-level first-year courses
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Wilson, Hugh
Daviau, K.
Ross, J.
Wei, Loo
Enayatollahi, R.
Eskandarymalayery, E.
Al-Tameemi, Z.
O'Neill, M.
Beaton, R.
Daviau, K.
Ross, J.
Wei, Loo
Enayatollahi, R.
Eskandarymalayery, E.
Al-Tameemi, Z.
O'Neill, M.
Beaton, R.
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2024-12
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New Zealand
engineering education
accreditation
microcredentials
engineering students
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE)
engineering education
accreditation
microcredentials
engineering students
New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE)
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Wilson, H., Daviau, K., Ross, J., Loo, W., Enayatollahi, R., Eskandarymalayery, E., Al-Tameemi, Z., O'Neill, M., & Beaton, R. (2024, December, 8-11). Replacing exams with multiple tests in diploma-level first-year courses [Paper presentation]. 35th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference (AAEE2024) , Christchurch, New Zealand
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6922
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High-stakes end-of-semester exams can cause otherwise competent learners to fail a course due to lack of exam experience, stress or cognitive overload at exam time. Exams are especially a problem for learners who are new or returning to tertiary education and may not have developed the academic abilities required to adequately revise and pass such a significant assessment.
Two of the first semester courses in the NZ Diploma in Engineering are DE4101:Engineering Fundamentals and DE4102: Engineering Mathematics 1. These are common to all three engineering strands (civil, mechanical and electrical engineering), and cover a wide range of topics. Some learners report finding it difficult to adequately revise for such broad topics, along with end-of-semester assessments and other exams. This can result in students who have done well in assessments during the semester doing badly in the exams. It was suggested that multiple tests may be a better alternative to exams.
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