Evaluation and testing in nursing education - Springer Publishing

Contents
Preface
ix
1. Evaluation, Measurement, and the Educational Process 1
2. Qualities of Effective Measurement Instruments 23
3. Planning for Classroom Testing 39
4. Selected-Response Test Items: True-False and Matching 59
5. Selected-Response Test Items: Multiple-Choice and
Multiple-Response 69
6. Constructed-Response Test Items: Completion
(Fill-in-the-Blank) and Essay 91
7. Evaluation of Higher-Level Learning, Problem Solving, and
Critical Thinking: Context-Dependent Item Sets and Other
Evaluation Strategies 111
8. Test Construction and Preparation of Students for Licensure
and Certification Examinations 137
9. Assembling and Administering Tests 155
10. Scoring and Analyzing Tests 171
11. Evaluation of Written Assignments 185
12. Clinical Evaluation 199
13. Clinical Evaluation Methods 213
14. Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues 251
15. Interpreting Test Scores 263
16. Grading 277
17. Program Evaluation 303
Appendix A Examples of Rating Forms for Clinical Evaluation 321
Appendix B Codes of Ethics in Testing and 365
Educational Measurement
Appendix C 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing 383
Student Learning
Index 387
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