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1 Introducing the CNE Exam and its Blueprint • 5
The next-highest percentages of content covered in the examination are:
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Area 4—Participate in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes
(17%) (Chapter 11)
• Area 3—Use assessment strategies (17%) (Chapter 10)
• Area 5—Pursue continuous quality improvement in the academic nurse educator
role (9%) (Chapter 12)
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Area 2—Facilitate learner development and socialization (14%) (Chapters 8
and 9)
Employing the above strategy will help ensure that you will have time to
review the areas that represent the highest percentage of questions on the CNE
examination. It is also very helpful to attend a CNE review course either in person
or via webcast. The course will provide an overall review of information such as
item writing and test development, learning needs of special groups, curriculum
development, teaching styles, and evaluation of program outcomes. The course presents
an opportunity to practice items with educators who are certified and allows
time to ask questions. Taking the course will impact your understanding of the key
concepts.
Incorporating Key Topics Into Your Review for the CNE Examination
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Key topics for inclusion in your review include those in Exhibit 1.1.
EXHIBIT 1.1
Key Topics to Include in Your Review
Teaching styles—authoritarian, Socratic,
heuristic, and behavioral
Active learning
Cooperative testing
Critical thinking activities—classroom and
clinical
Domains—cognitive, psychomotor, and
affective
Graduation and retention rates
Teaching–learning process
Cooperative learning
Planning clinical learning
experiences
Characteristics of learners
(cultural, traditional, nontraditional,
and educationally
disadvantaged)
Promotion of professional
responsibility by selfassessment
and peer review
Academic appeals process
Bloom’s taxonomy
Test blueprint
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