Abstract

COLLINSON, Ivan; BARBOSA, Adérito  and  RIBAUE, Albertina. Higher education admission exam as an indicator of quality among students. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.71, pp.1839-1860.  Epub Jan 26, 2022. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.21.071.ao01.

The use of assessments, tests and exams goes back several centuries before our era, being a mechanism or instrument with diversified applications, both in the educational setting and in the broader context of life in society. Specifically, in regard to higher education, the importance attached to examinations, especially the ones related to higher education admission, is framed in the context of the functions performed by the examinations, in general, but in particular, by the perception of quality that ensues. The literature available and consulted for this purpose, as well as the results of a survey carried out on a sample of higher education students, specifically within Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, show that students have a perception of the quality of higher education resulting of the admission mechanism used, in this case, the admission examination to which they were subjected. In fact, it is also concluded that the validity of the instrument, derived from the correct conception of the exams, is an indicator of the quality of the graduated future.

Keywords : Assessment; Admission exam; Higher education; Quality.

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