Analysing students’ academic performance in higher education in Spain

Rivero Rodríguez, Carlos; Del Campo Campos, Cristina; Urquía Grande, María Elena; Camacho Miñano, Juana María Del Mar; Pascual Ezama, David

Analysing students’ academic performance in higher education in Spain

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http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/EDUCADE.2017.i08.02

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2017

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Rivero Rodríguez, Carlos

Del Campo Campos, Cristina

Urquía Grande, María Elena

Camacho Miñano, Juana María Del Mar

Pascual Ezama, David

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Universidad de Sevilla

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104765

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Rivero, C., Del Campo, C., Urquia-Grande, E., Camacho-Miñano, M.-M., & Pascual-Ezama, D. (2017). Analysing students’ academic performance in Higher Education in Spain. EDUCADE - Revista de Educación en Contabilidad, Finanzas y Administración de Empresas, 8, 3-19. https://doi.org/10.12795/EDUCADE.2017.i08.02

Abstract

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.