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Assessment Formats: Student Preferences And Perceptions, Mairéad Seymour, Shannon Chance
Assessment Formats: Student Preferences And Perceptions, Mairéad Seymour, Shannon Chance
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This paper provides a student perspective on the variety of forms of design critique available to educators. In architecture and landscape architecture, the design jury remains the dominant format for providing feedback to students. In recent years this format has come under scrutiny and its effectiveness called into question. However, little research has been done into the variety of alternative or supplemental formats available to educators. This paper explores an array of techniques that the authors have employed in design studio courses (which include techniques suggested by students in Webster’s 2007 article in the Journal of Architectural Education). These include …