Analysing students’ academic performance in Higher Education in Spain

• Carlos Rivero Rodríguez ^[1] ; Cristina del Campo ^[1] ; Elena Urquia-Grande ^[1] ; Maria-del-Mar Camacho-Miñano ^[1] ; David Pascual-Ezama ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Educade: revista de educación en contabilidad, finanzas y administración de empresas, ISSN-e 2173-478X, Nº. 8, 2017, págs. 3-19
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.12795/educade.2017.i08.02
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Analizando los resultados académicos en la Educación Superior en España1
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• Resumen

  • 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.

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