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Developing cooperative projects linked to companies is considered an effective way to bring more realism to teaching in Higher Education. Getting direct contact with firms and conducting activities relate to them provide a complementary approach to the work done in classrooms, and make a profound mark on the students participating in them. This paper aims to prove that cooperative projects linked to companies makes a significant contribution to learning and satisfaction of students. To test this, we have analyzed, in the context of application, a course of the fourth year of a Business Management Degree, the student satisfaction with the different elements of the methodology (i.e. tutoring, assessment, skills acquired...) and the correlation between the marks of the projects and the exam ones. The results show that the methodology makes a significant and positive contribution in both areas, as most of its elements has been well rated by the students, and also that the grade obtained by them in the project is positively and significantly correlated with their final exam ratings. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that the results obtained show that both faculty involvement in tutoring and assessment activities and clarification of the students expectations by using scoring rubrics for assessment, are critical elements in the success of the methodology. |
