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Virtual learning environment and academic outcomes: Empirical evidence for the teaching of Management Accounting
2014
ResumenEl objetivo fundamental de este trabajo consiste en contrastar empíricamente si el uso de un entorno virtual de aprendizaje (EVA) afecta positivamente a los resultados académicos de los estudiantes. El EVA desarrollado ha sido aplicado en la asignatura Contabilidad de Gestión, del Grado en Finanzas y Contabilidad de la Universitad de València. Esta experiencia de innovación docente, fundamentada en la teoría constructivista, combina diversos objetos de aprendizaje en el contexto de la plataforma Moodle. Su diseño implica un incremento de la motivación, el interés y la autogestión del aprendizaje de los estudiantes, al mismo tiempo que proporciona al profesorado instrumentos para eval…
Student employment in France: Hindrance rather than help for higher educational success?
2021
International audience; In this study, we examine how student employment impacts higher educational trajectories in France. Focussing on undergraduates’ educational outcomes, we show the consequences of different intensities and levels of recurrence of student employment on perseverance in higher education. We use data from a nationally representative four-year longitudinal survey, descriptive analysis and logistic regression are performed to control for student characteristics. Our results suggest that student employment, especially when intensive and during periods of exams, increases exam failure. When it is recurrent over time, student employment often leads to university dropout. Furth…