Título: Are we assessing correctly our students? Spain versus Finland
Autor: Camacho-Miñano, María del Mar; Del Campo, Cristina; Pascual-Ezama, David; Urquia-Grande, Elena; Rivero, Carlos; Akpinar, Murat
Resumen: [EN] The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to analyse the comparison of
coursework and final examination between Finland and Spain to test if there
are differences in assessment methodologies; second, to study whether there
are different factors (such as gender, age, subject, students’ motivation, and
preferences) that have an impact on the assessment of students from the two
countries. The final grades obtained by 117 freshmen enrolled on the
Statistics and/or Financial Accounting subjects in Business Administration
Degree are analyzed. The most interesting results are that the coursework
mark is higher than the final examination in both subjects in both
Universities, except for male students enrolled in statistics. Also variables
such as gender, type of subject and students´preferences have an impact on
academic outcomes.