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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author FLORES, Maria Assuncao
Title Portuguese university students’ conceptions of assessment : taking responsibility for achievement / Maria Assuncao Flores...
Publication year 2020
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 79 (2020) 3, S. 377 - 394
Inventory number 49181
Keywords Ausland : Portugal : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Portugal : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Bologna-Prozess
Abstract After 20 years of the Bologna Declaration, Portuguese universities claim to be implementing student-centred and involved assessment practices. Student conceptions of assessment matter when innovations and reforms in assessment practices are being implemented. This study is part of a larger research project entitled “Assessment in higher education: the potential of alternative methods” funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Government Funding Agency) (PTDC/MHCCED/2703/2014). This paper surveys a large sample (N?=?5549) of Portuguese students in five public universities with a Portuguese version of the Students Conceptions of Assessment (SCoA-VI) inventory, previously validated in Brazil. Confirmatory factor analysis recovered the eight SCoA factors reported in the Brazilian context. Differences in mean score for the eight factors were trivial for institutional and student factors. Overall, students agreed that assessment for student improvement was not ignored. Scale inter-correlations revealed interesting inverse relations between improvement and irrelevance functions. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)