scholarly journals Assessing Student Learning of Civil Engineering Infrastructure

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Roberts ◽  
Carol Haden
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure

scholarly journals Outcomes-Based Assessment and Learning: Trialling Change in a Postgraduate Civil Engineering Course

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Tamer El-Maaddawy ◽  
◽  
Christopher Deneen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
Master Level ◽  
Teaching Learning

This paper aims to demonstrate how assessment tasks can function within an outcomes-based learning framework to evaluate student attainment of learning outcomes. An outcomes-based learning framework designed to integrate teaching, learning, and assessment activities was developed and implemented in a civil engineering master-level course. The assessment instruments for this course were designed together to form a deliberate, balanced, and practical approach to evaluating student attainment of learning outcomes within the outcomes-based learning initiative. Direct evidence of student learning was derived through analysis of student results in assessment tasks constructively aligned with intended outcomes of learning. Student feedback provided indirect evidence of student attainment of learning outcomes and confirmed the effectiveness of the learning approach implemented in the course under investigation. Results of the direct assessment instruments were, generally, consistent with the student self-perception confirming achievement of learning outcomes. Students tended, however, to overestimate the level of attainment of learning outcomes. Results of the present study are anticipated to assist educators and researchers to efficiently and effectively implement and evaluate outcomes-based learning in higher education thus improving educational quality and student learning

Using Feedback on Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning and Improve the Curriculum for Material in a Civil Engineering Module

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Jonathan Oti
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Formative Feedback ◽  
Laboratory Report ◽  
And Performance

This chapter reports on the potential of using formative feedback on assessment to support student learning and improve the curriculum for material in a civil engineering module. Under this study, when the students were given the feedback of their assessment on a piece of coursework, they were asked to repeat the coursework taking on board all the comments and feedback provided by the lecturer in exchange for a better mark. The overall result from the quantitative data suggests that students overwhelmingly took the corrections on board and submitted a more improved laboratory report in order to have an improved mark. The students enjoyed the praise, progress, and critique comments on their feedback sheet. Their understanding of the module grew, and their motivation and performance increased. Generalized comments like referencing and citations unified the entire curriculum.

Advanced Composites for Civil Engineering Infrastructures

2018 ◽  
pp. 212-248
Author(s):  
Xia Cui ◽  
Shuzhu Zeng ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Qiaofeng Zheng ◽  
Xun Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Advanced Composites ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites ◽  
Functional Composites ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure

The development of advanced composites not only enhances strength, ductility, durability of materials, and endows materials with the multifunctional property, but also reduces the construction cost and promotes civil engineering infrastructure to make sustainable development. In this chapter, several representative advanced composites with abundant research achievements and wide applications are systematically introduced with regard to cementitious composites, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, novel thermally functional composites, and 3D printing composites in terms of their definitions, properties, research progress, and applications in civil engineering infrastructures.

Probabilistic Design for Civil Engineering Infrastructure Using Vine-Copulas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Lanzafame ◽  
Mike Timmermans ◽  
Felix Orlin ◽  
Susana Sellés Valls ◽  
Oswaldo Morales Nápoles
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Probabilistic Design ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure ◽  
Vine Copulas

Creative destruction: building toward sustainability

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hartshorn ◽  
Michael Maher ◽  
Jack Crooks ◽  
Richard Stahl ◽  
Zoë Bond
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Creative Destruction ◽  
Engineering Community ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact

The engineering community at large, and the civil engineering community in particular, has the opportunity and arguably the obligation to promote a development agenda that considers not only the economics of development, but also the health of the environment and society at large. In this paper, we contemplate the challenge of sustainable development and its effect on project scale and scope. We discuss the inherent opportunity to drive the "creative destruction" of the development industry, using innovation to exploit inefficiencies in the planning and management of engineering systems to create a range of "future" products and services that challenge existing practice. We review the impact of procurement policy, contract pricing, prescriptive codes, and public policy on innovation. Several examples of innovative design and sustainable development introduced into the planning and management of Canadian civil engineering projects are provided. We assert that the most effective means of promoting the sustainability of built environment and civil infrastructure systems will be through inter- and intra-industry collaboration with the support of public policy-makers.Key words: sustainable development, civil, engineering, infrastructure, innovation, creative destruction, environment, collaboration.

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