Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

After completing the study module, the student:

• Can perform a guided measurement task
• Can prepare a measurement protocol according to the guided task
• Can apply various methods for processing measurement results
• Can create a graphical representation supporting measurement results and their processing
• Can calculate error estimates according to the measurement task
• Can prepare a report according to the standards using good Finnish language under guidance
• Utilizes received feedback
• Uses language according to technical standards and language usage recommendations in written communication
• Reports engineering-like technical measurements and tests, which can be illustrated as needed.

Content (course unit)

Measurements in students own field of technology.
Calculations of the results including linear regression.
Drawing up reports about the measuring tasks.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Student has completed all required learning tasks. Reports have small errors or are incomplete in some way. Reports don't fully follow the given reporting guidelines.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The errors in reports are sparse. Student is able to supplement text with images, tables and equations. Student is able to present the final result correctly with calculated uncertainty. The text is mostly faultless. The reports follow the given reporting guidelines.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The reports follow the given reporting guidelines and student show deeper understanding in the reports. Student can reflect the quality of the measurements and final results. Student is able to relate the topics of the laboratory measurements to his/her own engineering field.

Assessment scale

0-5