Uso das rúbricas de avaliación, a avaliación entre pares e a autoavaliación para mellorar as competencias do alumno

Abstract

The transversal competences of communication, review and selection of references and critical assessment are practiced in the subject Systems of Supply and Sanitation of the International Master's in Water Engineering. Students carry out tasks that consist on the review of references, the selection and management of information and the oral or poster presentation about some of the subject contents. During the oral presentations, the students account for a rubric in which they have to evaluate the work of their peers (peer review) and their own work. Finally, the teacher also evaluates the presentation. The final mark is calculated from the three types of assessment and students who do not perform a rigorous assessment will be penalized. Appropriated assessment criteria that the students know from the beginning of the activity are required. Peer evaluation encourages students to make an effort to convey the message to their peers. On the other hand, they are indirectly obliged to pay attention to the presentations of their colleagues and, therefore, learn about contents of the subject. In the selfassessment the student judges their learning and their strengths and weaknesses in communication.