Introducción de estrategias para la mejora de la retroalimentación formativa en la asignatura de Laboratorio de Desarrollo Industrial del Grado en Ingeniería Química

Abstract

This work has been carried out for the Industrial Development Laboratory subject (4th course, Chemical Engineering Degree, Autonoma University of Madrid). The student is in his/her last academic year of the bachelor and he/she should possess the maturity and knowledge necessary to face the subject with sufficient autonomy and initiative. However, in the last years, it has been detected that the project-based teaching metodology does not ensure the skill acquisition by all of the members of the same work-team because not all students assume the same degree of responsibility in their own learning. Therefore, the objective of this work is to enrich the formative feedback of the students enrolled in this experimental subject. For this, efficient working groups have been created, new teaching methodologies have been introduced and a project management tool has been implemented (Trello). The impact of the introduction of these strategies has been evaluated based on both the results of surveys, aimed at knowing about the students’ perception towards the new methodologies, and the analysis of learning outcome, compared to previous courses. The activities that have contributed the most to improve the teacher feedback have been the face-to-face tutoring, while teamwork and laboratory practices, the peer feedback.