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Díez-Gutiérrez, Enrique; Gajardo Espinoza, Katherine – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
The purpose of this study is to describe how university students rate the evaluation systems and strategies that have been proposed for use in Higher Education during the period of COVID-19 confinement and online teaching as a result of the coronavirus crisis in Spain. For this purpose, we prepared a descriptive study by means of an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes
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Torres-Coronas, Teresa; Vidal-Blasco, María-Arántzazu – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2017
Interest is growing in educational designs that blend MOOCs with on-campus teaching and researchers are seeking to incorporate the spirit of a MOOC into a hybrid model. This article reports on the current experience of a higher education institution embarking on blended learning models. The aim of this article is to present a case study and to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses
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Pardinas, Antonio F.; Dopico, Eduardo; Roca, Agustin; Garcia-Vazquez, Eva; Lopez, Belen – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
This article describes an easy and cheap laboratory exercise for students to discover their own mitochondrial haplogroup. Students use buccal swabs to obtain mucosa cells as noninvasive tissue samples, extract DNA, and with a simple polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis they can obtain DNA fragments of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Biology, Science Instruction
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Carrillo-de-la-Pena, Maria T.; Bailles, Eva; Caseras, Xavier; Martinez, Alvar; Ortet, Generos; Perez, Jorge – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Although educational experts recommend the use of formative assessment, there is a dearth of empirical studies on its impact on academic achievement. In this research the authors analyse to what extent participation and performance in formative assessment are associated with positive academic outcomes of pre-graduate students of health sciences. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Context Effect
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Lopez, Pau; Gallifa, Josep – Higher Education in Europe, 2008
This paper presents the main functions that university plays in society and describes the seminar methodology created at Ramon Llull University. Specifically the article focuses on and explains how seminars help to promote complex knowledge in students. An empirical study with students participating in seminars is designed to assess the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Seminars, Cognitive Processes, Teaching Methods
Grao, Julio; And Others – 1992
This study examined the predictive factors of demand for degrees and academic performance at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). The study followed two cohorts of university students from secondary education to the completion of the third year of higher education. The data analyzed included secondary school qualifications, selectivity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Students, Demand Occupations