Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis
BACKGROUND: Evaluation has become an inseparable part of education process which gives feedback to students and professors to improve education quality. This study aimed to elicit preferences of professors and students about attributes of evaluation methods in theoretical courses in Kermanshah Unive...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Evaluation has become an inseparable part of education process which gives feedback to students and professors to improve education quality. This study aimed to elicit preferences of professors and students about attributes of evaluation methods in theoretical courses in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2018.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Discrete choice experiment (DCE) method used for eliciting preferences of participants of the study. A narrative literature review and interview with eight professors and ten students conducted to determine attributes and levels of evaluation methods in the university. Furthermore, experimental design used for making final choice sets of the evaluation methods. We included 213 students and 30 professors in the study. Conditional logistic regression model performed to data analysis.
RESULTS: Most of the professors (36.67%) preferred to allocate up to 30% of evolution scores to midterm examination. However, the most percentage of students (30.45%) were agree to include midterm examination up to 15% of total scores. The majority of students prefer to examination questions compromise just presented materials, while 70% of professors prefer to include additional texts for evaluation examinations. In case of quiz examination, professors in comparison with students prefer that quiz should have higher proportion of total scores. DCE analysis indicated that professors and students preferred a mix of questions in examinations. In addition, additional resources beyond what is taught in class made utility for professors and disutility for students. Quiz, also, increased the utility of an evaluation package in professors.
CONCLUSION: The findings showed that there is a gap between preferences of professors and students regarding some attributes of evaluation methods such as student's discipline, examination materials, and quiz. Further studies are needed to examining other attributes of evaluation methods in theatrical and practical courses in Iran and other contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6907286e2b04f9dbd91efaa6ec1c83f2022-12-21T19:52:44ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312021-01-01101828210.4103/jehp.jehp_540_20Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysisAli Kazemi KaryanSatar RezaeiShokooh EtesamiLeyla PezhmanBehzad Karami MatinSajad DelavariBACKGROUND: Evaluation has become an inseparable part of education process which gives feedback to students and professors to improve education quality. This study aimed to elicit preferences of professors and students about attributes of evaluation methods in theoretical courses in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2018. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Discrete choice experiment (DCE) method used for eliciting preferences of participants of the study. A narrative literature review and interview with eight professors and ten students conducted to determine attributes and levels of evaluation methods in the university. Furthermore, experimental design used for making final choice sets of the evaluation methods. We included 213 students and 30 professors in the study. Conditional logistic regression model performed to data analysis. RESULTS: Most of the professors (36.67%) preferred to allocate up to 30% of evolution scores to midterm examination. However, the most percentage of students (30.45%) were agree to include midterm examination up to 15% of total scores. The majority of students prefer to examination questions compromise just presented materials, while 70% of professors prefer to include additional texts for evaluation examinations. In case of quiz examination, professors in comparison with students prefer that quiz should have higher proportion of total scores. DCE analysis indicated that professors and students preferred a mix of questions in examinations. In addition, additional resources beyond what is taught in class made utility for professors and disutility for students. Quiz, also, increased the utility of an evaluation package in professors. CONCLUSION: The findings showed that there is a gap between preferences of professors and students regarding some attributes of evaluation methods such as student's discipline, examination materials, and quiz. Further studies are needed to examining other attributes of evaluation methods in theatrical and practical courses in Iran and other contexts.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=82;epage=82;aulast=Kazemidiscrete choice experimentevaluationpreferencesprofessorsstudentstheoretical courses |
| spellingShingle | Ali Kazemi Karyan Satar Rezaei Shokooh Etesami Leyla Pezhman Behzad Karami Matin Sajad Delavari Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis Journal of Education and Health Promotion discrete choice experiment evaluation preferences professors students theoretical courses |
| title | Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| title_full | Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| title_fullStr | Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| title_short | Eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses: An application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| title_sort | eliciting preferences of professors and medical group students for evaluation methods of theoretical courses an application of discrete choice experiment analysis |
| topic | discrete choice experiment evaluation preferences professors students theoretical courses |
| url | http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=82;epage=82;aulast=Kazemi |
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