Assessment of transversal skills: the case of Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

Abstract

This paper summarizes the actual state and “in progress” results of an ambitious project based on transversal skills that has been created at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) – Spain. One of the last initiatives of this project has been the proposal of rubrics for assessment, with a double purpose: to prove the acquisition of transversal skills though several checkpoints along the degree (and master) study plan; and to establish a systematic assessment strategy by defining in which courses is acquired every competence, and how should be evaluated.