Proposal for academic evaluation at the School of Mining Engineering due to the Covid-19 effect

Abstract

This research proposes an alternative to the academic evaluation system, in the School of Engineering in Mines, of the University of Azuay (Ecuador), due to the Covid-19 pandemic, declared in 2020 by the WHO. Initially, a system was established, in which two components are established -contribution and final-, based on a rating of 50 points. The first component, over 30 points, qualifies aspects of attendance, compliance, and performance. The final component, over 20 points, establishes an asynchronous evaluation, in which the teacher applies various assessment instruments and finally a synchronous evaluation. After two periods with this system, the research was carried out with a universe of 90 students, based on surveys, focus groups, and using matrices, boolean algebra, and sets, changes were proposed in the way of evaluating. The results are interesting and involve a pedagogical mediation, so it must be considered in the corresponding entities.

Keywords: Evaluation, qualification, mining, pandemic.