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.2015 - Volume 8, No 2
 
     

Evaluation in Mechanical and Civil Engineering Courses in Students’ View of a Public University in Southern Brazil

 
Herivelto Moreira, Rozane Zaions, Samoara Viacelli da Luz and Armando Kolbe Júnior
.Abstract

The purpose of this article was to verify the relationship between the evaluation system and the tools used by teachers of Mechanical and Civil Engineering courses at a public university in southern Brazil. The theoretical framework for the study was based on the discussions in the literature on the importance of formative assessment. The literature suggests that one way to promote quality evaluation is the adoption of an evaluation system involving students in the process that has as objective to improve the development of professional skills, learning levels and academic success of students. The methodology used was a correlational research. The study was conducted with students from 4th and 5th years of Mechanical Engineering and Civil courses of a public university in south Brazil. The subjects of the study were 230 students enrolled in the 4th and 5th years of such courses. The main results showed that there is still a culture of evaluation centered on the teacher, in which teachers favor traditional instruments such as essay and multiple-choice tests, individual and in groups tasks and oral presentations (seminars). As a result there is no student involvement in the evaluation process.

.Key words
 

Formative assessment, Educational evaluation, Learning, Evaluation practices in engineering, Assessment tools, Evaluation criteria.

 
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.Reference
 

Moreira, H., Zaions, R., Viacelli da Luz, S., & Kolbe Júnior, A. (2015). A avaliação nos cursos de engenharia mecânica e civil na visão de alunos de uma universidade pública no sul do Brasil. Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa, 8(3), 219-231.
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