Authentic individual assessment for team-based software engineering projects

Laura Tubino, Andrew Cain, Jean-Guy Schneider, Dhananjay Thiruvady, Niroshinie Fernando

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Abstract

In order to give students an authentic learning experience and better prepare them for the life-long learning required in contemporary workplaces, educational institutions increasingly use project-based learning in teams. However, this poses the challenge of developing authentic and equitable assessment criteria that reflect individual contributions in a team-work setting without jeopardizing project outcomes.We present a novel and innovative portfolio-based assessment framework that focuses on qualitative outcomes and ensures that the level of achievement reflects a student's competency across each of the defined learning dimensions, including professional behaviour, teamwork, process and relevant contributions towards project deliverables. In this paper, we present the main motivation behind devising and introducing the framework and also reflect on the educational outcomes and challenges of implementing the framework in the context of two final year Software Engineering project units.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 ACM/IEEE 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationSoftware Engineering Education and Training, ICSE-SEET 2020
EditorsAmy Ko, Sungwon Kang
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages71-81
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781450371247
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Software Engineering 2020 - Online, Korea, South
Duration: 27 Jun 202019 Jul 2020
Conference number: 42nd
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3377814 (Proceedings)
https://www.computer.org/conferences/cfp/ICSEM2021 (Website)

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISSN (Print)0270-5257

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Software Engineering 2020
Abbreviated titleICSE-SEET 2020
Country/TerritoryKorea, South
Period27/06/2019/07/20
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