Análise do Desempenho dos Discentes do Curso de Redes de Computadores da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Quixadá, no ENADE nos Anos de 2014, 2017 e 2021

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze the performance of students in the Computer Networks course at the Federal University of Ceará - Campus Quixadá using ENADE microdata from the years 2014, 2017 and 2021 in order to evaluate the course, as well as identify possible points of action to improve and maintain the quality of the course. ENADE is the main method for evaluating the quality of undergraduate courses in Brazil. ENADE microdata are made available one year after the test is administered, on the official INEP website. During data collection, in addition to microdata, data on the main quality indicators of higher education were also obtained, also made available in the public domain by INEP. The indicators observed in this work were: ENADE concept, IDD and CPC. The only difficulty that occurred during data collection, and which could not be resolved, was the fact that the data referring to the "IDD"quality indicator for the year 2014 were not available for download. That said, the process of analyzing microdata and indicator data occurred satisfactorily and generated interesting results for this work. Through the results obtained, it is possible to have an overview of the course’s situation. It was possible to verify that there was a drop in the performance of Quixadá Computer Networks students. In 2014, student performance led the course to obtain first place overall in the country. In the 2017 and 2021 editions, the course’s position changed, having ranked tenth in 2017 and eighth in 2021. Despite this evident drop in performance, in the three editions in which it was evaluated by ENADE, the course was among the top ten in the country. Furthermore, the results obtained from the analysis of the answers to the test perception questionnaire made it possible to highlight some of the difficulties experienced by students when taking the test. For example. In the years 2017 and 2021, the majority of students pointed out that the main difficulty they experienced during ENADE was the difference in the approach to the content in the classroom compared to the content covered in the test. Finally, this work fulfilled its objectives, generating non-trivial information about the performance of students in the Computer Networks course at the Federal University of Ceará, allowing an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the course.