Quality of Higher Education in Colombia : Effectiveness of some classroom and distance learning academic programs in the Saber Pro tests

Vicky Del Rosario Ahumada De La Rosa (ed), ; María Cristina Gamboa Mora (ed), ; José Humberto Guerrero Rodríguez (ed),

Synopsis

The book contains a broad overview related to academic performance in Higher Education and standardized tests. The concept is presented with a selected literature exercise, the determinants of academic performance and its immediate factors, with which it is specified that this is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon, whose primary need is to identify relevant factors that explain to the reader the differences found in the academic results of students and thus design and implement the respective improvement plans in Higher Education Institutions (HEI), object of study. It also delves into the concept of Saber and Saber Pro tests, where the reader is placed on the purposes established for Colombia, the structure of the test and the contextualization of the competencies that are evaluated, as well as showing how the results are clear indicators of the Quality of Education in Colombia

Keywords: quality of higher education - Colombia, higher education - Colombia - evaluation

Chapters

  • Capítulo 1.La Calidad de la Educación Superior
  • Capítulo 2. El Rendimiento Académico en Educación Superior y las Pruebas Estandarizadas
  • Capítulo 3.Aspectos Metodológicos
  • Capítulo 4. Análisis y Discusión de Resultados

ISBN-13 (15)

978-958-651-636-5

Fecha de publicación (01):

2018-12-01
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How to Cite

Ahumada De La Rosa, V. D. R., Gamboa Mora , M. C., & Guerrero Rodríguez, J. H. (2018). Quality of Higher Education in Colombia: Effectiveness of some classroom and distance learning academic programs in the Saber Pro tests. Sello Editorial UNAD. https://doi.org/10.22490/9789586516365

Categories Research Book

Published

December 1, 2018