Resumen:
During the academic course 2021/2022, the authors performed a challenge-based learning (CBL) with 79 students of 1st year of technical degrees: Data Science, Physics and Industrial Engineering. This CBL lasted the whole academic year and the students worked in groups of threes to develop this challenge. Their final productions were: a scientific paper (in semester 1) and a scientific poster (in semester 2). Both contributions were orally presented; the paper was screencasted and presented in a video, while the poster was presented in situ in the classroom. Moreover, both works were evaluated by the professor and co-evaluated by the rest of the classmates.
Once the academic year 2021/2022 was over, the authors were able to gather very interesting information about the perception and satisfaction of this challenge. The most relevant items were: more than 60% of the students enjoyed doing this CBL; more than 75% claimed to be proud of the results achieved; more than 90% of the students would like to work on more CBLs like this during the Degree; and finally, more than 60% consider seriously to develop a phD in the future.
These good results have encouraged the authors to continue this line in ...