type-method_033

types_and_methods_list
classification	assessment method
name of type or methode	Open book exam or homework (online or offline)
short description	- Exam or homework where it is allowed to use all material - Can be grading exercises that the students solve in small groups every 2-3 weeks for a module in which basic engineering knowledge is taught - Can be an open book exam in which students respond to exam questions available via the internet in an electronic portal.
is applicaple or could be used for	- It will require you really understand material and be able to apply or analyze information and content rather than just remember it - Modules, in which basic engineering knowledge is taught, where solving well-specified exercises is considered valuable for the subject, but accessing a field solely by self-studies would be considered being too complex (e.g. calculus)
be aware of (challenges)	- If the homework is to be handed in in groups, then there could be the potential risk that one student per group does not contribute actively to the solutions - Ensure that group work is never a possibility for any student to pass a module without any individual effort, just because his/her group members were sufficiently skilled and engaged to compensate the other's lack of effort - Pure basic engineering exercises could be considered to be annoying by the students, if no true relation to the railway system would be revealed - Understanding and applicability of the material is required rather than just remembering it
to be complemented by	- Previous teaching of both, the theoretical background and some (similar) exercises in class - Self-reflection
short description of examples	TH Wildau (50): Open book homework Aston (51): Online open book examination
best practice examples	bp_50_assessment_method_open_book_exam_or_homework_1.pdf, bp_51_assessment_method_open_book_exam_or_homework_2.pdf