Hearts, not heads in university. Student's feelings towards evaluation

The role of feelings in the learning processes of university students is stated in the article first. Later some reflections on the process of assessing students are made, distinguishing it from other types of evaluation and noting some pitfalls of language. Below are the implications of the evaluation, especially in the emotional life of the students are analyzed. Influence on the self-concept, self-fulfilling prophecies, impact of coldness ordeal of claims and evaluation as torture: five cases of student assessment and side effects in the emotional sphere arise. Then the need to assess the heart shown, because the assessment is a technical process but, above all, is a psychological and ethical process. Section with some comments on understanding and improving assessment practices at the University is closed. You are invited to discuss, participate and negotiate assessments and practical rationality model is proposed as a basic strategy improvement. Throughout the text reveals how they act and how they react college students today, meaning that rather than actors, are recipients of the decisions of politicians and teachers are those who plan the curriculum, those who develop and evaluated. Text for students claiming a greater role as the axis of responsibility, learning and motivation is closed.