Development Of A Design Phase Checklist For Outcome Based Active/Cooperative Learning Courses

Active/cooperative learning and outcome based assessment are among the new tools that engineering colleges ought to use in order to ensure the quality of their graduates in light of ABET EC2000 accreditation policy. In the present work a checklist was developed as a design assistance tool for satisfying the requirements of both active/cooperative learning and ABET EC2000. The checklist includes 66 YES/NO questions to address course goals, course outcomes, course learning objectives, students working teams, course assessment tools, and course evaluation. The questions also address the five pillars of cooperative learning, namely positive interdependence, individual accountability face to face interaction, social cooperative skills, and group processing.