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School Of Architecture And The

Built Environment

Civil Engineering Division

5th International CDIO Conference

Assessment of Student CDIO Skillsby

Ng Geok Ling

8 June 2009

School Of ABECivil Engineering Division

Content• The challenge• Quick Overview of CDIO Implementation in CE division• Process of integrating CDIO syllabus into module syllabus

– Stage 1 : Define and Identify CDIO skills– Stage 2 : Integrate CDIO Skills into Curriculum– Stage 3 : Develop Assessment Rubrics– Stage 4 : Curriculum Evaluation

• Conclusion• Q&A


The Challenge• 2 years ago• Implemented but not clearly documented• To reflect the integration of CDIO skills

into the existing module syllabus• To develop an outcome assessment to

assess CDIO skills


CDIO Implementation in CE

Stage 1: Define and Identify CDIO skills

Stage 2: Integrate CDIO Skills into Curriculum

Stage 3: Develop Assessment Rubrics

Stage 4: Curriculum Evaluation

Improvement to teaching and learning and curriculum



• Obtained expected PL from the industry• Students are technologist not engineer• Therefore, higher expectation in implementation and operation• Expected skills needed in a module to be entered into ITU table

Survey on Proficiency Levels of 13 CDIO skills in acad year 07-08

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Civil Staff AVE [23 attempts] 2.3 2.0 2.4 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.3 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.7 3.0

MIT Faculty AVE 4.0 3.3 2.8 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.0 1.8 3.1 3.4 2.3 2.2

Alumni - (01 to 05) [36 attempts] 3.0 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.5 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.3

Industry 2008 [32 attempts] 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.1

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6


ITU table• I – Introduce but not assess• T – teach and assess• U – Utilise, may or may not be assess

• Overall picture of CDIO skills for the course can be seen



• Example : BE750Y CAD Studio• 1st year module in DCEM• Supporting module to BE751Y BTM with

capstone project and Intro to Civil Engineering


Step 1- Means of Assessment

• Refer to your means of assessment as written in the module syllabus


Step 2 – Assessment Component Breakdown• Breakdown the individual assessment

component (as in SAS format) appropriately according to your module needs


Step 3 – KSA Weightage Breakdown

• Formulate a table with the CDIO skills you have selected (refer to ITU table) and the assessment components

• CA and LAB assessment weightage spread across each CDIO skill (1 to 4)• Minimum weightage for each skill to be 5%• All Tests (TST1,2&3) which are formative assessment are only assigned to

technical skills


Bloom CDIO skill 2 & 3

Revised Table of SpecificationCurrent


Step 4 – Table of Specification in Module syllabus• Transfer the

total weightage in each row from KSA weightage table

KSA Weightage Table

Table of Specification


Stage 3 – Develop Assessment Rubric• Assessment criteria for technical

content– up to module team to define

according to the module learning outcome

100/25% x 10%

= 40 marks


Assessment Template – CA1

• Student is graded as: 1-poor, 2-Fair, 3-Good, 4-Very Good and 5-Excellent • in the column under skill• Lecturers refer to criteria table for the detail attributes under each skill

Marks auto-calculate = ( 25 / 5 ) x 1 = 5

Scale of 5


Stage 4: Curriculum Evaluation• Most important in the process• Use assessment results for improvement• Ratings of CDIO skill for the course cannot be obtained

as not all module have implemented stage 3• Example: at module level, 2 groups of 47 students• Not conclusive until more data are collected from all

groups doing the same modules


Conclusion• Helps in develop and manage curriculum integration with

CDIO skills• Good reference to develop the process of outcome

assessment using rubrics• To achieve the expected proficiency level progressively

over the 3 years of study • Defining 3 levels of expected PL in progress


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