“the influence of risk perception and scrambling on students performance”

  1. Antonio J. Carrasco Hernández 1
  2. M. Encarnación Lucas Pérez 1
  3. Alicia Rubio Bañón 1
  4. Gregorio Sánchez Marín 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Buch:
II Congreso Internacional de Innovación Docente. CIID: Murcia, 20 y 21 de febrero de 2014

Verlag: Universidad de Murcia

ISBN: 978-84-695-9705-7

Datum der Publikation: 2014

Seiten: 906-915

Art: Buch-Kapitel

Zusammenfassung

This paper analyzes if there is a variation in students’ marks due to the type ofmultiple choice exam in relation to the order of the questions and the penalty of theincorrect answers. We create two scenarios including exams sorted both by differentorder content and by different level of risk borne. Using a sample of 764 multiplechoice exams of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management Grades ofUniversity of Murcia (Spain), results lead us to affirm that there are differences in theanswer’s procedure, affecting the final marks when risk perceptions of the studentsare different. Moreover, the order effect also influences the response procedure andits effects on the final marks of the students depending on the risk scenario thestudents are facing