Abstract:
The common practice in many higher education institutions in Ghana and Africa is for module evaluation to be
carried out at the end of teaching and learning activities. It is usually done before the final semester examination.
This timing is believed to be more of a conventional wisdom than a systematic research informed practice. This
study sought to find out students’ most preferred timing for module evaluation. The study used a mixed methods
design with a simple random technique to select four hundred and fifty (450) students from a public university and a
private university college. The findings revealed mixed views among participants with regards to the timing of
module evaluation even though majority (57%) prefer module evaluation to occur after the last class meeting with
the teaching staff, or after the final assessment of the module. The findings also established that there is no
significant difference between the views of students from a public university and those from a private university
college with regards to the most preferred timing of module evaluation. This implies that the timing of module
evaluation matters to students, which requires their involvement in the decision-making process of when to evaluate
a module. However, this study recommends that further research with larger sample size will be required in order to
establish a more conclusive outcome on students’ most preferred timing of module evaluation.
