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The nurse educator's guide to assessing learning outcomes / Mary E. McDonald.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McDonald, Mary, 1947-
Contributor:
McDonald, Mary, 1947-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nursing--Miscellanea.
Nursing.
Multiple-choice examinations.
Examinations--Design and construction.
Examinations.
Nursing--Examinations--Design and construction.
Education, Nursing.
Educational Measurement--methods.
Program Development.
Nursing--Examinations.
Medical Subjects:
Education, Nursing.
Educational Measurement--methods.
Program Development.
Genre:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:
xix, 362 pages ; 28 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Other Title:
Guide to assessing learning outcomes
Place of Publication:
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, [2007]
Summary:
The new edition of this award winning text helps address the increased pressure that the NCLEX[Trademark] and other certification exams are placing on nursing students and faculty. The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, Second Edition guides classroom educators through the process of developing effective classroom exams and individual test items. The revised and updated edition of this award winning text includes new chapters on: Creating items to prepare students for the new NCLEX, The Language of Assessment, Developing Instructional Objectives, Assessing Critical Thinking, Instituting Item Banking and Test Development Software! Used increasingly in nursing education tracks at the MSN level, this new text will help new educators and faculty veterans succeed in an environment increasingly focused on assessing learning outcomes!
Contents:
The role of assessment in instruction
The language of assessment
Developing instructional objectives
Assessing critical thinking
Implementing systematic test development
Selected-response format: developing multiple-choice items
Writing critical thinking multiple-choice items
Selected-response format: developing true-false and matching items
Constructed-response format: developing short-answer and essay items
Assembling, administering, and scoring a test
Preparing students for the licensure exam: the importance of NCLEX
Establishing evidence of reliability and validity
Interpreting test results
Laboratory and clinical evaluation
Assigning grades
Instituting item banking and test development software.
Notes:
Rev ed. of: Systematic assessment of learning outcomes. c2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
ISBN:
9780763740238
0763740233
OCLC:
74987475

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