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2008 - The Thirteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
2008 - The Thirteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books
The full program book from the Thirteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 14, 2008. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.
Using Student Presentations For Learning And Assessment: Some Experiences, Aidan O'Dwyer
Using Student Presentations For Learning And Assessment: Some Experiences, Aidan O'Dwyer
Conference papers
This contribution reports on, reflects on and evaluates the author’s experiences, over a number of academic years, of using formal student presentations as a means of learning and assessment in a taught postgraduate programme in engineering at Dublin Institute of Technology. Students were asked to prepare PowerPoint presentations on individual engineering topics; relevant references in books and technical papers were provided as assistance. Peer assessment of the presentations was employed, following a structured guideline agreed with the students. The contribution discusses the peer assessment experience in detail, including formal student feedback on the process. Some analysis work suggests that there …