We expect them to be an improvement because they will better correspond to the educational objectives of the curriculum and, thereby, increase student learning, which is the principal purpose of all pedagogical activities at a university. The aim of the project is to develop, test and evaluate various forms of qualitative assessment methods. Special aspects that will be considered are the influence of assessment methods on students with different ethnical background and on older students with work experience. In this project we will especially investigate the effects of different examination forms on non-Scandinavian students. This means that we have many students that are older than corresponding students at the Master of Science level.
Many students also have longer work experiences when they enter the university.
These facts will also be given special attention. A very important objective of the project is an international distribution of the results. Theoretical basis Within this project the SOLO taxonomy will be used to make qualitative judgments during planning and evaluation of different examination methods. It consists of different levels of increasing structural complexity. This scheme consists of different stages characterized in terms of students' attitudes towards knowledge.