Personalized, Interactive, Take-Home Examinations for Students Studying Experimental Design

Authors

  • William A. Jacoby University of Missouri

Abstract

Personalized, interactive, take-home examinations allow complex, thought-provoking and thorough examinations to be administered while minimizing the opportunities for dishonest collaborations. This article describes an examination given to chemical engineering students studying the design and interpretation of partial factorial experiments and the sequential approach to an experimental campaign. The results of an anonymous student feedback survey are also presented.

Author Biography

William A. Jacoby, University of Missouri

William A. (Bill) Jacoby received his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1993. He worked as a research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory until 1997 when he joined the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research interests include photocatalysis. thermal catalysis. and biotechnology

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Published

2003-04-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2003): Spring 2003

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