Rubric Based Assessment of Model Making:An Outcome Based Approach

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to incorporate a new method in assessing the knowledge gained by the student, rather than an exam following the traditional methods of assessing. An instructor has many strategies in fulfilling the course by meeting the course learning outcomes (CLO) and mapping them with the program outcomes (PO). Courses designed and the culture of educating students is to be framed in such a way that it is measurable and have the outcomes from it as outcome-based education (OBE). This paper focuses mainly on conducting the exam through model making and assessing the graduate students of mechanical engineering at RK UNIVERSITY, Rajkot. Model making is a unique approach which enhances student's critical thinking and deep understanding, including series of steps skilled questioning, effective interaction and teamwork. Conducting such kind of exam made students to recall the knowledge, working principle, proper selection of tools, appropriate usage of machines (if required) in transforming the material to a model from the courses where they had undergone in the earlier semesters which maps with blooms taxonomy. Furthermore, a detailed reflection of students is carried out by conducting survey and analysis had been presented.