Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university

A Capstone course was introduced to a batch of graduating students in January 2011, aimed to strengthen the co-curriculum of a Civil Engineering degree programme. Comparison is made on the performance of three different batches of students. This paper highlights the improvement in grade distribution...

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Main Author: ., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.12090 /
Published: 2013
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12090/
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spelling utp-eprints.120902017-04-06T02:28:26Z Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university ., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) A Capstone course was introduced to a batch of graduating students in January 2011, aimed to strengthen the co-curriculum of a Civil Engineering degree programme. Comparison is made on the performance of three different batches of students. This paper highlights the improvement in grade distributions outcomes of a comprehensive engineering test introduced to the second and third batches. It is widely indicated that such all-inclusive assessment could positively impact the graduating students professionally. This is indeed an exciting development in engineering education as Capstone is not a familiar feature for Malaysian universities 2013-08 Article PeerReviewed ., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus (2013) Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university. Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university . (Submitted) http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12090/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus
Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
description A Capstone course was introduced to a batch of graduating students in January 2011, aimed to strengthen the co-curriculum of a Civil Engineering degree programme. Comparison is made on the performance of three different batches of students. This paper highlights the improvement in grade distributions outcomes of a comprehensive engineering test introduced to the second and third batches. It is widely indicated that such all-inclusive assessment could positively impact the graduating students professionally. This is indeed an exciting development in engineering education as Capstone is not a familiar feature for Malaysian universities
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author ., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus
author_sort ., NA Wan Abdullah Zawawi, MS Liew, KL Na, H Idrus
title Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
title_short Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
title_full Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
title_fullStr Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
title_full_unstemmed Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
title_sort engineering the civil engineering education: a capstone case study in a malaysian university
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12090/
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