Analysing students’ academic performance in Higher Education in Spain

The development of the European Higher Education Area has been a process of modernization in many universities. Teaching methodologies have undergone a process of continuous change to meet the demands for high quality leading to a need for enhancement in the learning assessment methodologies as well...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rivero, Carlos, Campo, Cristina del, Urquía Grande, Elena, Camacho Miñano, M. Mar, Pascual Ezama, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/92919
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/92919
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Assessment
Coursework
Final exam
Students outcomes and preferences
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Sumario:The development of the European Higher Education Area has been a process of modernization in many universities. Teaching methodologies have undergone a process of continuous change to meet the demands for high quality leading to a need for enhancement in the learning assessment methodologies as well. The objective of this study is to analyse student´s academic performance measured through coursework vs. final exam and to ascertain the factors that could explain the difference. Regression and variance analysis are carried out over the grades and responses to a questionnaire on a sample of 298 students of different subjects in a Spanish university. The results show that there are differences between continuous assessment and the final examination marks.