Polymer materials is a compulsory course in specialty of polymer materials and engineering. It’s a basic course for the students to understand and master their professional knowledges. The improvements of teaching and assessment methods in course of polymer materials in specialty of polymer materials and engineering were discussed in this paper. The ways of a discussion on the importance of materials

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and communication with people of enterprise research and industry association were explored for improvement of students’ ability in service local economy. Meanwhile

the improvements of assessment methods were explored as well. The students’ interest was stimulated and learning effect improved. The teaching method is worth of popularization in similar courses.