The aim of this study, led by researcher Ines Herrero and developed with Immaculate Algarra, both the Department of Management of the UPO, focused on demonstrating whether the change of university education system delivers real benefits.
The results reveal an improvement in the efficiency of freshmen added to the pilot of Pablo de Olavide in relation to previous years, although the new system based on ECTS makes no comparison with the previous revolution.
According to Smith, “but the benefits are not nearly as may seem, the data are encouraging in the sense that students can make better use of their training.”
In reaching this conclusion, the research has used formal techniques of efficiency, in particular the researchers have used a modification of a technique known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA, its acronym Anglo), with which it has assessed the performance of students in first year depending on your input note in college, and results in different subjects studied.
“We have considered only students new entry in the UPO, as monitoring becomes very difficult in later years, when repeated courses. This makes the student has previous knowledge of it, which can distort the data, “said Ines Herrero.
The research results also show that the dispersion of students decreases dramatically with the new educational system. In this way, students who enter with a lower level with a clear improvement over previous years, while those whose level is best kept at high levels. For researchers, this is partly due to the continuously monitored throughout the course.
“The European Higher Education Area provides a closer tracking of students, so that it looks more forced to study during the quarter, making year-end have a better understanding of the material that has been assimilated over the course that if you study all at once in a few days before the test, “said Smith.
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