Team-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning: Innovative Assessment Methodologies Comparison

Abstract: Universities around the world are adopting innovative methodologies in applied science education. The conception takes into account that the students are the center of knowledge acquirement and are becoming a mandatory guide for the engineering courses. One innovation methodology is project-based learning (PBL) in which, the students learn the technical concepts through one multidisciplinary project which they conceive, design, implement, and operate one prototype. On the other hand, there is a methodology that stimulates the students to develop transversal skills through a teamwork conception called team-based learning (TBL). In this paper, a comparison between both methodologies is presented considering the assessment outcomes from each methodology, applied to a group of students from an industrial engineering course. The results obtained from the students’ assessment under both methodologies application are treated statistically and the results are compared and discussed. Finally, the conclusion is shown as well as suggestions for further works are presented. The justification for this paper is based on the rare comparison of the performance results between the two innovative learning methodologies.

Key words: project-based learning, team-based learning, engineering education, assessment, innovative learning