Contribution of socio-formative assessment to academic performance in an undergraduate program

This paper presents the results of a correlational descriptive research study that has a multiple purpose: a) to obtain feedback from students regarding the usefulness of an evaluation methodology in their learning process and b) to perform a comparative analysis of the results of self-assessment and peer assessment by students and assessment by the teacher to determine whether there are significant differences or similarities between them. To achieve this, correlational descriptive research was carried out in a course of the Computer Systems Engineering Program at the University of Quindío, Colombia, in the second semester of 2014. The results show that students consider that a pedagogical intervention based on the methodology of formative projects contributes to the development of certain course competencies. A statistically significant difference was found between the results of the teacher’s hetero-assessment and the results of the students’ self and co-assessment. A significant correlation was found between the methodological guidelines of the formative project methodology and the academic performance of the students.