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Title:
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PROGRAM OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT: A NETWORKFUZZY SYSTEM APPROACH |
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Author(s):
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Naoufel Werghi , Hussein Fakhry |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-79-9 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías and Philip Powell |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Information System Education, Students Learning Outcomes, Network Model, Assessment Framework, Fuzzy Logic. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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236 |
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Last Page:
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243 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper describes a novel, network-fuzzy based, holistic framework for assessing program learning outcomes and
program educational objectives. It integrates several students evaluations in different courses to map through a network
model to specific information systems Program Students Learning Outcomes (SLO). The network model uses a
weighting system to account for the relative contribution of every assessment measure and particular course to the
program-learning outcome considered. This approach has the value of embedded triangulation or crosschecking of the
SLO with built-in thresholds to quantify the final results to program evaluators and administrators. The model integrates
a fuzzy-logic unit for estimating program educational objectives (PEO) out from student learning outcomes. The validity
and the applicability of the framework are illustrated in the case of three different courses. The results collected
demonstrate the usefulness and potential of such a framework. |
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