Resumen de Development of a method of assessment of the problem-solving competency at the technical university of madrid
Angel Méndez, Miguel Florensa, Cristina Molleda, Consuelo Fernández Jiménez, Ángel Alcázar, Jose Bruno Ramiro Diaz, Enrique Sardonil, Emilio Manrique, Teresa Montoro
The competence evaluation promoted by the European High Education Area entails a very important methodological change thatrequires guiding support to help lecturers carry out this new and complex task. In this regard, the Technical University of Madrid(UPM, by its Spanish acronym) has financed a series of coordinated projects with the objectives of developing a model for teachingand evaluating core competencies and providing support to lecturers. This paper deals with the problem-solving competence. Thefirst step has been to elaborate a guide for teachers to provide a homogeneous way to asses this competence. This guide considersseveral levels of acquisition of the competence and provides the rubrics to be applied for each one. The guide has beensubsequently validated with several pilot experiences. In this paper we will explain the problem-solving assessment guide forteachers and will show the pilot experiences that have been carried out. We will finally justify the validity of the method to assessthe problem-solving competence.
