PADS: The Performance Assessment of Design Skills (Work in Progress)

Can be applied to in-school or out-of-school settings, assessing how youth aged 9-14 approach engineering design problems. Participants watch a video or see a prompt then outline the steps they would use to solve the problem. Consider a problem in context, use a systematic problem-solving process, investigate properties and uses of materials, consider constraints and criteria, envision multiple solutions, apply science and math knowledge, make evidence-based decisions

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Supplemental Information:

n/a

Assessment Type:

Survey: Pre- and Post- Test

Scale:

Open-ended questions

Publication Date:

Jun 01, 2023

Respondent:

student/youth

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Content / Knowledge, Competence

Sample items:

4. Choose materials to use. Would you use any of these materials to solve Meena's problem? 4a. Would you use fabric (cloth) in your design idea? (yes/no). 4av. What would you use fabric for? Why do you think it's a good choice?

Reliability:

Not calculated yet

Validity:

Claims to have collected positive evidence of the validity, but not stated

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

10-40 minutes

Requires a Computer:

Requires Internet Access:

Primary reference:

Lachapelle, C. P., & Parry, E. (2023, June), Board 170: PADS -- The Performance Assessment of Design Skills (Work in Progress) Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42532