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The Relationship of Higher Education Access with Final Marks in a Core Chemical Engineering Topic

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M. Teresa Sena-Esteves,

Cristina Morais,

Margarida Ribeiro,

Isabel Brás Pereira,

Anabela Guedes,

Filomena Soares,

Celina P. LeãoAuthors Info & Claims

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Published: 22 January 2021 Publication History

Abstract

This present work cracks to understand the relationship between final marks in a topic with competences that are core of Chemical Engineering and students’ access grades to a Portuguese Higher Education Institution (HEI). The study is based on data gathered through a questionnaire concerning students’ perceptions about assessment and teaching-learning methodologies in four academic years (2016-2017 to 2019-2020). The student´s access grades were included in the questionnaire since 2018-19 academic year allowing to establish a relationship with the final marks obtained in a core Chemical Engineering Topic, Fluid Mechanics. From the analysis made, it can be said that students who obtained higher access grades to HEI may have also a higher Chemical Engineering curricular unit final mark, although the low linear relationship obtained (r =0.45) for the year 2019-20.

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Viegas CMarques AR. Alves G(2020)Engineering Education: Professional DemandsEighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality10.1145/3434780.3436709(75-77)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2020
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Viegas CMarques AR. Alves G(2020)Engineering Education: Professional DemandsEighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality10.1145/3434780.3436709(75-77)Online publication date: 21-Oct-2020
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