Keep your students in the dark - don't let assessment suppress creativity

摘要: Project based learning is a valuable tool in the teaching of engineering design. For example undertaking design and make project can aid development subject knowledge whilst demonstrating meaning specific higher skills. Where innovative assessment within offer enhanced through ability to assess progress addition outcomes. Traditional approaches utilise formative provide feedback student summative as measure product. Two aspects this traditional approach reduce potential for creative thinking; desire learners meet perceived objectives lecturer, and, inability learner ignore their experiences observations wider environment. These creativity risk taking. This paper will describe how integration an (AfL) has utilised both process support process. During guided exploration required questioning final task before that revealed objective outlined. In way dialogue may take place which gives confidence freedom innovate. seen centred, valid, reliable affordable also promoting problem solving.