Three-phase assessment process: Pass check, Score determination, and Grading¶

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Description¶

The framework organizes evaluation into three sequential phases. The Pass check phase screens for attendance, task engagement, ethical conduct, and team involvement, excluding students with severe deficiencies from ranking. The Score determination phase applies Z-MABAC to rank remaining students across 15 criteria. The Grading phase assigns grades A through D using percentile thresholds from a predefined distribution vector π=[0.20,0.45,0.30,0.05].

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Instructor qualitative screening before quantitative ranking
Predefined grade distribution proportions

Constraints¶

Grade E assignment is 'reserved for exceptional circumstances and is exceedingly rare in practice'

Target Learners¶

undergraduate students in PBL practical courses

Learning Goals¶

course grading and performance evaluation

Claims¶

Students failing the Pass check phase are excluded from ranking and their peer evaluations removed [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Yu Limin, Chen Zhe, Qin Zeyu. (2026). A novel Z-number based multi-stage assessment framework for problem-based learning in practical courses. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349114

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`three-phase-pbl-assessment-process`
`title`	`Three-phase assessment process: Pass check, Score determination, and Grading`
`description`	`The framework organizes evaluation into three sequential phases.`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-11-04`
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`sources`	1 — `yu-limin-2026`

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