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The effect of the different measures was formally evaluated with classes from local schools
(the pupils in focus are 11 to 12 years of age). One class received only a workshop, one
received a workshop and the follow up measures and one class served as a control group. To
identify factors that provoke or hinder interest in STEM pre and post-tests inquired various
psycho- and sociometric factors like ICT knowledge and vocational interests. The data
gathered is not yet completely analyzed and understood. Preliminary results suggest that the
development and application of follow-up measures is not only necessary but also effective.
The projects results are fed back into our other activities like the teachers training in computer
science and the Schülerlabor Informatik (InfoSphere).
The project is carried out in cooperation with Prof. Birgit Ziegler of the Institut für
Erziehungswissenschaften (Institute for Educational Science) of RWTH Aachen University.
Web-based management of assessment methods in a university-wide learning and
teaching portal
Patrick Stalljohann and Ulrik Schroeder
In this dissertation project, we try to facilitate a central management of different assessment
methods for students’ performances in a university lecture. Therefore, we analyze what kind
of assessment methods, like weekly assignments, active participation at projects or writing
wiki pages, are currently in use. Especially the individual settings of the most scenarios have
to be detected to support them as a central service for potentially all lectures of a university.
We intend to develop a web-based module for the learning and teaching portal L²P of RWTH
Aachen University that allows lecturers to have a central overview of all assessment elements
they are using in their lecture, as well as the corresponding results of their students. An
important aim is the possibility to integrate assessment definitions and results of various
sources, e.g. an external system for the realization of the latest assessment method. It is
planned to enhance this overview of all relevant assessment results of a lecture by the
definition of criteria over these results that a student has to fulfill to pass a lecture or to get
admission to the final exam of the lecture.
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