(701.pdf) INFERENTIAL TECHNIQUES APPLICATION IN THE EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ECTS CREDIT

摘要

Following the launch of the degrees in Spanish universities and the subsequent incorporation of theECTS credit, mainly characterized by a decrease in student presentiality and an increase in thenumber of hours devoted to autonomous work, in the present work is intended to perform anevaluation of the impact that the implementation of ECTS credit has had on the performance of thedifferent groups of students. These groups have been defined depending on several factors, mainly ofpersonal character of students.To carry out the proposed study several inferential techniques will be used that allow to reach theproposed objective, ie whether it can be concluded that the performance has been similar, orotherwise significant differences are detected, based on the considered factors.The empirical data used for the study correspond to the academic results for a subject of quantitativecharacter and students belonging to several promotions that attended the same degree withinEducational Innovation Project at the University of Valencia, which was implemented in 2003-2004and emerged as a pilot project that would assess the potential outcomes of establishing degrees.