Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga
This paper investigates the effects of a guaranteed prize incentive, in the form of an extra score, on student engagement in the quality assurance system (QAS) questionnaires employed for evaluating teaching performance at the University of Malaga. The incentive system aims to counteract declining p...
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| author | Cristina Vereda-Alonso Maria del Mar Cerrillo-Gonzalez Cesar Gomez-Lahoz Maria Villen-Guzman Carlos Vereda-Alonso |
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| description | This paper investigates the effects of a guaranteed prize incentive, in the form of an extra score, on student engagement in the quality assurance system (QAS) questionnaires employed for evaluating teaching performance at the University of Malaga. The incentive system aims to counteract declining participation rates and mitigate potential survey fatigue among students. Employing a comprehensive dataset spanning multiple academic years and subjects, the study utilized statistical analyses to evaluate the incentive’s effectiveness, considering its potential impact on both final grades and QAS questionnaire outcomes. The results demonstrate a substantial increase in participation rates, with over 85% of students acknowledging the motivating influence of the incentive. However, concerns regarding the compromise of anonymity arose among 40% of students, possibly linked to the physical presence of teachers during the verification process of the QAS questionnaire submission. The statistical analyses raise questions about the incentive’s influence on students’ final grades while indicating that the incentive system does not significantly affect the results of the QAS questionnaires. The study contributes valuable insights into the complexities of incentivizing student participation in teaching assessments within the higher education landscape. To the best of our knowledge, there are few publications that investigate the use of an additional score as an incentive for students’ participation in QAS questionnaires. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b0ba699eabf4ec88aa499c6240b468f2024-03-27T13:34:14ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022024-02-0114321610.3390/educsci14030216Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of MalagaCristina Vereda-Alonso0Maria del Mar Cerrillo-Gonzalez1Cesar Gomez-Lahoz2Maria Villen-Guzman3Carlos Vereda-Alonso4Department of English, French, and German Philology, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, SpainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, SpainThis paper investigates the effects of a guaranteed prize incentive, in the form of an extra score, on student engagement in the quality assurance system (QAS) questionnaires employed for evaluating teaching performance at the University of Malaga. The incentive system aims to counteract declining participation rates and mitigate potential survey fatigue among students. Employing a comprehensive dataset spanning multiple academic years and subjects, the study utilized statistical analyses to evaluate the incentive’s effectiveness, considering its potential impact on both final grades and QAS questionnaire outcomes. The results demonstrate a substantial increase in participation rates, with over 85% of students acknowledging the motivating influence of the incentive. However, concerns regarding the compromise of anonymity arose among 40% of students, possibly linked to the physical presence of teachers during the verification process of the QAS questionnaire submission. The statistical analyses raise questions about the incentive’s influence on students’ final grades while indicating that the incentive system does not significantly affect the results of the QAS questionnaires. The study contributes valuable insights into the complexities of incentivizing student participation in teaching assessments within the higher education landscape. To the best of our knowledge, there are few publications that investigate the use of an additional score as an incentive for students’ participation in QAS questionnaires.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3/216incentive systemquality assessment surveyssurvey fatiguestudent participation |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Vereda-Alonso Maria del Mar Cerrillo-Gonzalez Cesar Gomez-Lahoz Maria Villen-Guzman Carlos Vereda-Alonso Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga Education Sciences incentive system quality assessment surveys survey fatigue student participation |
| title | Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga |
| title_full | Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga |
| title_fullStr | Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga |
| title_short | Incentivizing Student Participation in QAS Questionnaires: An Evaluation of a Guaranteed Prize System at the University of Malaga |
| title_sort | incentivizing student participation in qas questionnaires an evaluation of a guaranteed prize system at the university of malaga |
| topic | incentive system quality assessment surveys survey fatigue student participation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3/216 |
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