Assessment tool for maximising performance in heterogeneous profiles for bologna higher education diploma supplement studies

Abstract

[EN] This paper proposes an assessment tool for the evaluation of students obtaining the “diploma supplement” for Bologna High Education Bachelor Degree. Specifically the tool has been introduced in 2012 for the diploma supplement of Telecommunication Engineering Degree at the Escola Politècnica Superior de Gandia, Universitat Politècnica de València, in a mandatory subject dealing with television and video systems. The student profiles are assessed considering different variables like the university they come from, how many years have passed since they began their studies and if they have coursed subjects about related topics. The assessment also evaluates if the student meets the proposed schedule following the order of the laboratory lessons and relates it with the mark obtained in the tests done for the laboratory contents. Other concepts are analyzed in the study, such as if the student assists regularly to the theory lessons, if the students are exempt from attending to the lessons because they are working, and if they attend to the professional visit to a local television broadcasting site. The assessment tool includes the evaluation of the tests for different difficulty levels following Bloom’s taxonomy and taking into account the different student profiles of the diploma supplement course. This assessment of the tests results is useful to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the student learning observed in the different contents of the subject. Results indicate that student’s achievements are directly related with the attendance to the lectures and seminars in the classroom and to the laboratory lessons. We have not founded difficulties in bringing together students from different universities and with different ages. No relation is observed either with how long passed since the student started its previous Diploma Degree studies. The work confirms the suitability of the Bologna diploma supplement course for the Telecommunication professionals with previous Engineering Degrees.