ENADE that stands, in Portuguese, for “National Exam of Student Performance” is an exam for all senior students about to graduate; it is one of the official tools for measuring the state of undergraduate courses in Brazil. Contribution: This article presents an integrative synthesis of the 2014 edition of ENADE examination of control and automation engineering (CAE) courses in Brazil. Background: ENADE is a national exam triennially administered for the senior undergraduate students in each area, as part of the federal government policies for performance assessment of higher education in Brazil. The results of ENADE are the basis of quality indexes used for program accreditation and funds distribution. Research Questions: What are the main assessments that the ENADE 2014 can provide about the CAE courses in Brazil? How can the results of such a nationwide evaluation be exploited by specific programs to improve their academic performance? Methodology: Starting from a historical perspective of CAE in Brazil, the authors present their experience with the methods and tools for the preparation of the CAE exam and synthesize the most relevant results of ENADE 2014. Finally, a case study is used to illustrate how could a teaching institution exploit the ENADE report to assess its courses performance. Findings: The exams of 3.579 senior students from 118 CAE courses show significant differences in the academic performance of CAE courses in Brazil according to the geographical region, funding type, and academic organization. The objective and discursive questions had very good discrimination covering the main profiles, resources, and objects of knowledge in the CAE curriculum. The analysis of students' performance can support educators' local decisions to improve the quality of CAE courses.

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ENADE 对巴西控制与自动化工程评估的贡献


ENADE在葡萄牙语中是“全国学生表现考试”的意思，是针对所有即将毕业的高年级学生的考试；它是衡量巴西本科课程状况的官方工具之一。贡献：本文对巴西 2014 年 ENADE 控制与自动化工程 (CAE) 课程考试进行了综合综合。背景：ENADE 是一项国家考试，每三年为各地区的高年级本科生举办一次，是巴西联邦政府高等教育绩效评估政策的一部分。 ENADE的结果是用于项目认证和资金分配的质量指标的基础。研究问题：ENADE 2014 可以对巴西的 CAE 课程提供哪些主要评估？这样一个全国范围内的评估结果如何能够被具体项目利用来提高他们的学业成绩？方法论：作者从巴西 CAE 的历史角度出发，介绍了他们准备 CAE 考试的方法和工具的经验，并综合了 ENADE 2014 的最相关结果。最后，通过一个案例研究来说明如何教学机构利用 ENADE 报告来评估其课程表现。研究结果：对来自 118 门 CAE 课程的 3.579 名高年级学生进行的考试显示，根据地理区域、资助类型和学术组织的不同，巴西 CAE 课程的学术表现存在显着差异。客观题和推论题具有很好的区分度，涵盖了CAE课程中的主要知识概况、资源和知识对象。 对学生表现的分析可以支持教育工作者提高 CAE 课程质量的本地决策。