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 Authors: Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A., Liew, M.S., Na, K.L., Idrus, H.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.32696 /
Published: 2013
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spelling utp-eprints.326962022-03-30T01:04:31Z Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A. Liew, M.S. Na, K.L. Idrus, H. 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 IEEE. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892666180&doi=10.1109%2fTALE.2013.6654546&partnerID=40&md5=bd8654fa9125e28b2a059d901bbc1dab Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A. and Liew, M.S. and Na, K.L. and Idrus, H. (2013) Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32696/
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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. © 2013 IEEE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A.
Liew, M.S.
Na, K.L.
Idrus, H.
spellingShingle Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A.
Liew, M.S.
Na, K.L.
Idrus, H.
Engineering the civil engineering education: A capstone case study in a Malaysian university
author_sort Wan Abdullah Zawawi, N.A.
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
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