Article ID: | iaor20071879 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 209 |
End Page Number: | 218 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
Journal: | European Journal of Engineering Education |
Authors: | Gomes Eliane Gonalves, Mello Joo Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de, Lins Marcos P.E., Mello Maria Helena C. Soares de |
Keywords: | statistics: data envelopment analysis, statistics: multivariate |
This paper compares the efficiency of calculus classes. Two kinds of classes are evaluated: the traditional ones and others that use computational methods in teaching. This experiment was performed at Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil, from 1998 to 2000. The emphasis of this paper is on the quantitative evaluation using two operational research tools: multicriteria decision aid methods (mainly using the MACBETH approach) and data envelopment analysis. The evaluating variables are the level at which students enter the university and the performance of the students after studying calculus.