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Use of Subject‐specific FE Exam Results in Outcomes Assessment
Author(s) -
NIRMALAKHANDAN N.,
DANIEL D.,
WHITE K.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00790.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , subject (documents) , engineering management , engineering education , medical education , engineering , statistical analysis , computer science , engineering ethics , software engineering , medicine , mathematics , library science , statistics
Engineering programs seeking accreditation are required by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) to document their continuous program improvement efforts and their outcomes. In this paper, we propose the subject‐specific results of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination as one of the metrics suitable for assessing the outcomes of such efforts in individual courses. Statistical approaches appropriate for analyzing the FE Exam results and some caveats about their use are discussed. The application of this approach in the hydraulic engineering area of our program is illustrated.