The Optimum Method of Students' Evaluation in Higher Education

The latest trend in evaluating the students' level of knowledge at the end of semester is questionnaires method. Assessments include mainly multiple-choice questions and sometimes extended matching sets questions or essays. There are various syllabuses that include, besides the theoretical subjects, practical activities. For these subjects, the evaluation process of the students' knowledge completing the entire curricula consists in different percentages between theoretical questions, essays, oral tests and case studies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the techniques of evaluation chosen by the professor in different fields of maritime science and to asses/determine which type of examination leads to the most relevant results. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.