Performance Indicator Based Course Outcome: Question Paper Framing and its Impact on Assessment

Authors

  • Bindu R. Department of Electrical Engineering, Agnel Charities Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • Mini K. Namboothiripad Department of Electrical Engineering, Agnel Charities Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • Bindu S. Department of Electrical Engineering, Agnel Charities Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2026/v39i3/26087

Keywords:

AICTE’s Examination reform policy; Assessment process; Course outcome; Electrical engineering; Performance Indicator; Program outcome; Question paper framing.

Abstract

The paper aims to analyze the impact of defining course outcome (CO) based on the identified performance indicators (PIs) and integrating the assessment process by framing questions based on the specified PIs. For the case study, three courses of different varieties; numerical based, theory based and laboratory courses are selected from Electrical Engineering programme of University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The methodology includes three aspects (i) framing CO based on PIs (ii) framing question paper based on selected PIs and (iii) the impact analysis on performance of students. The clarity obtained from PI based CO helps the teacher to improve the quality of the course content delivery and the setting of the question paper. The performance of the students in the examination also improves by incorporating the expected PI in the question paper. A hypothesis was formulated and statistically tested using a t-test, with the results confirming its validity The performance analysis justifies the adoption of this system across all institutes to enhance the quality teaching learning process.

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Published

2026-01-29

How to Cite

R., B., Namboothiripad, M. K., & S., B. (2026). Performance Indicator Based Course Outcome: Question Paper Framing and its Impact on Assessment. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 39(3), 130–137. https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2026/v39i3/26087

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Volume 39, Issue 3, January 2026

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