Abstract

PEREZ ALCANTARA, Bonifacio Doroteo. Analysis of students school progress in b. sc in geography, UAEMEX. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.14, pp.345-371. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v7i14.291.

Studying school progress allowed knowing different dimensions of the course a generation of the B. Sc. in Geography, of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, took. This study was a diagnosis and an evaluation alternative mechanism in order to plan the process for modifying the syllabus. The objective of the study was to evaluate some indicators of the school progress of the 2012-2017 generation of the B. Sc. in Geography. As background, the high school average, the results of the Official exam Exani II, the rate of promotion, desertion, retention and approval in the school progress of the students were considered, from the beginning of the studies until the end.

This work corresponds to a non-experimental research, specifically to a developmental study based on 38 students that concluded their studies. Originally, 71 students were accepted, but only 64 enrolled. This exercise is based both on the analysis of databases of the Faculty Academic Records Department and the design and application of a questionnaire that allowed to identify some personal data, as well as socioeconomic aspects that could be related to their school progress. Among the most relevant results it was observed that out of the total number of students who enrolled in that generation, 73.2% corresponded to the first stage of admission and just over one quarter entered in the second; nonetheless, the top availability was 80 students, which was not achieved.

Regarding the first indicator, it was observed that the school average of high school students who enrolled was 7.6, while the second indicator was much lower. In the entrance examination, all the 71 students who answered the Exani II were accepted, but only 50.70% passed it, with results ranging from 6.0 to 8.2 points. The rest, which was 49.30%, failed it, with averages ranging between 4.3 and 5.9 points. Only 64 enrolled in the first semester, which represented a migration rate close to a 10%.

In the other indicators, the lowest promotion rates are registered in the third and fourth semester, representing a problem that needs to be worked out between the acceptance process and the first two years of their studies. The lowest retention rate took place in the third and fourth semester, while the highest retention rate happened in the eighth and ninth semester. Finally, the approval rate indicated that from the 79 school subjects, 35 of them exceeded the 90%, 30 were between 75% and 89.9%, 10 were between 60% and 74.9% and only 4 subjects had an approval rate of less than 60%.

Keywords : Education; school progress; students; university; Mexico.