Estereótipo dos ‘alunos do fundão’ no curso de graduação em ciências contábeis

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze if the 'students who sit in the back of the classroom' are stereotyped negatively regarding the academic performance by the professors of Accounting Sciences course of the Brazilian universities. In order to accomplish this, the descriptive research, of quantitative approach, was used and the data collection procedure was the survey, with a questionnaire application. The sample is made up of 471 professors. For the analysis of the data, we used the descriptive analysis and the statistical test of the exploratory factorial analysis. It was verified that the professors do not evaluate negatively these students’ performance, that is, the position occupied in the classroom does not influence the performance, nor the participation of these students in the classroom is negative. For professors, they seek to achieve success in individual activities and can achieve good results in evaluations outside the Institution, such as Enade or an examination of Conselho Federal de Contabilidade (CFC). The exploratory factorial analysis resulted in four factors that explain 61.4% of the data variation. These factors were denominated: 'Performance and negative performance of the students in the back of the classroom', 'Disinterest of the students in the back of the classroom', 'Performance and positive performance of the students in the back’ and 'Professors’ attitudes to involve the students who sit in the back of the classroom, in the class activities'. According to the results of descriptive statistics, participating professors agree that the student's position in the classroom does not influence in academic performance.