Study On The Leaning Outcomes Assessment System And Application For Full-time Master Of Engineering

Developing the education for Full-time Master of Engineering in China is an important measure the meet urgent high-level application-oriented talents with the rapid development of economy and society. Using the concepts, methods and tools of "Student Learning Outcomes Assessment" in the United States for reference, this paper studies the application of Learning Outcomes Assessment for Full-time Master of Engineering in China’s "985 Project" Comprehensive Universities. Firstly, this paper builds a set of index system to evaluate Learning Outcomes of Full-time Master of Engineering, which relied on some basis, Suggestions from Experts and three criteria including EC2000 Standard, CDIO Outline and Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineers.According to the index system, select Shandong University, Tianjin University and other seven representative of the "985 Project" Comprehensive Universities for the survey. The result of Learning Outcomes Assessment for Full-time Master of Engineering is used in two ways:on the one hand, to analyze the overall learning outcomes of Full-time Master of Engineering China’s in "985 project" comprehensive Universities, on the other hand, according to the characteristics of the sample scores on the assessment dimensions, the full-time masters of engineering is divided into five clusters by K-Means clustering analysis.This paper selects Peking University for case study to typical example of assessment practice. Besides, by means of the in-depth interview, this paper summarizes the advanced experience of Peking University in the education for Full-time Master of Engineering like teaching staff, curriculum, ways of teaching and so on.By analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of Comprehensive Universities developing the education for Full-time Master of Engineering in China, this paper concludes that Comprehensive Universities didn’t take full advantage of the potential advantages, for which these universities should actively learn from the experiences of Peking University to turn disadvantages into advantages. Lastly, More specifically, this paper introduces Gary R.Pike’s model about factors of Student Learning Outcomes, proposing relevant universities improve the learning outcomes of full-time Master of Engineering from two angles including cultivation process and students’ learning engagement.