Better informed students: Better academic performance

Estudiantes mejor informados: mejores resultados académicos

Authors

  • María del Pilar Sánchez Martín Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), España https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9477-8942
  • David Pascual Ezama Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad II, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), España
  • María Luisa Delgado Jalón Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles (Madrid), España https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-5849
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsar.2016.03.001
Keywords: Information, Assessment systems, Seminars, Learning, Competences, Students, Financial accounting

Abstract

The present research shows how the information provided to students about the evaluation process influences their academic performance. We ran an experiment with 3 intrasubject conditions in which different information was available by 377 students. Results show that providing information to students implies that they make a greater effort in the active seminars. Finally, we found interesting results regarding the studentś preferences about the seminars final grading.

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Published
01-01-2017
How to Cite
Sánchez Martín, M. del P., Pascual Ezama, D., & Delgado Jalón, M. L. (2017). Better informed students: Better academic performance: Estudiantes mejor informados: mejores resultados académicos. Revista De Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, 20(1), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsar.2016.03.001
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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2017)
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