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Didactics experts from H-BRS at conference in San José

Thursday 27 September 2018

Professor Irene Rothe and evaluation expert Cathleen Salega will be sharing their research findings on knowledge and skills development by students of engineering at the international 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) in California.

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The theme of this year's FIE conference, which takes place in San José, California, from 3 to 6 October 2018, is the influence of diversity on innovation, which is typically regarded as extremely positive (Fostering Innovation Through Diversity).

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Rothe, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism (EMT), and Cathleen Salega who is responsible for evaluation and academic controlling are presenting a paper entitled "An Approach to Assessing Learning Outcomes over Consecutive Courses in the Study Entry Phase" in the "First and Second Year Programs" session. They have authored the paper jointly with their colleague Prof. Marco Winzker from the EMT department.

In it the authors examine how the knowledge, skills and competences of students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Electrical Engineering develop over consecutive courses over a period of three semesters, how their development can be measured apart from examinations and which conclusions can be drawn in terms of the didactics of courses.