Abstract:

Improving students' motivation in their learning process is crucial for the improvement of their learning outcomes. Developing activities linked to active methodologies, involving their participation in the whole process, results in high-level reasoning and the transformation of the conceptual structures, bringing them closer to the ways of reasoning and acting of an expert in his or her field.

This communication shows the innovation carried out in the subjects linked to fluid mechanics and fluid-mechanical engineering of the Mechanical Engineering Bachelor Degree of the Polytechnic School of Alcoy. It was done by teachers of the Department of Hydraulic and Environment Engineering. They used the PoliformaT platform of the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia to develop a lifelong learning system related to the specific competencies of the subjects.

The methodology developed seeks to increase student participation in the development of the subject, as well as to improve learning outcomes. Therefore, a strategy is designed that allows, on the one hand, to work on the theoretical concepts developed in class. On the other hand, supported by the use of ICTs, a work platform is developed to guide students in their learning during the non-classroom phase. Finally, the student is involved in the evaluation process of the activities proposed. This paper focuses mainly on the latter.

The research shows the methodology established for the assessment of different learning outcomes through peer review using a rubric, allowing the student to carefully approach the analysis of the proposed activity, learn about other resolution methodologies carried out by their peers and responsibly assess their peers' marks following the regulations. This assessment procedure will help students to reinforce their knowledge once they have been assessed, to detect their own mistakes by correcting their classmates and to better understand the correctness of their exercise.

The communication shows the results in terms of grades compared with those of the teaching staff, overall grading results, as well as analysis of student opinion derived from the surveys carried out. The performance rate of the different groups before and after the application of the methodology will also be analysed with the aim of concluding how good the methodology is.

Keywords:

Fluid mechanics, peer review, active methodologies.