Abstract

BARREIRA, Carlos et al. Assessment of learning in higher education. Perceptions by teachers and students in portuguese universities. Rev. iberoam. educ. super [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.21, pp.24-36. ISSN 2007-2872.

This study focuses on the assessment of learning, that is one of the fundamental aspects of higher education, in order to understand the way in which professors and students perceive the evaluation practices and to what extent predominantly summational practices persist based on the application of exams, without leveraging the educational potential or, whether alternative practices and methods of evaluation arise. Based on a review of the specialized literature, this work presents the new developments of learning evaluation in higher education, particularly the changes introduced after the implementation of the Bologne Process, which presumes a more educational assessment and a greater diversity of evaluation tools. At a later stage, we proceed to the analysis of data from a research piece performed by means of a questionnaire applied to students (n = 4972) and teachers (n = 1013) from the Universities of Coímbra, Évora, Lisbon and Minho, in the framework of the AVENA project, in trying to know more about the position of professors and students concerning the evaluation of learning in Higher Education.

Keywords : higher education; learning assessment; new processes and practices for assessment.

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