Oral Presentation and Assessment Skills in Engineering Education

This study examines the possibilities of including students in the assessment process and the conclusions drawn from the experiences of the academic year 2004-05. The fieldwork focuses on examining the reliability of the marks given by students in relation to those given by the lecturer. Similarly, the marks given by the subject lecturer are examined with those assigned by four external markers. In each presentation the assessment of several markers is also studied, whether they are students or lecturers. The results obtained seem to indicate that students can be adequate markers for their peers' oral presentations. Also in their assessments, few significant differences are seen from those suggested by the subject lecturer.