Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education: Fourth Edition

by Marilyn H. Oermann PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Kathleen B. Gaberson PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF

Overview

Named a 2013 Doody's Essential Purchase!

"This book should be required reading for all educators! It is necessary for educators to keep pace with the changing dynamics of learners and this book provides insights into how to achieve this goal."--Doody's Medical Reviews

Praise for the Third Edition:

ìWithout question, this book should be on every nurse educator's bookshelf.î
--Nursing Education Perspectives

The ìgold standardî for evaluation and testing in nursing education, this revision helps educators measure and evaluate the level of learning that their students have achieved and presents fundamental concepts of what constitutes reliable tools and rubrics for measuring studentsí classroom and clinical performance. It describes how to develop a test blueprint and to assemble, administer, write, and score all types of tests and test questions, and analyze tests and test performance for both classroom and clinical evaluation. It includes guidelines for preventing cheating, and for conducting productive posttest discussions. The book offers strategies for evaluating higher cognitive levels of learning and for evaluating written assignments with sample scoring rubrics. The book explores important social, ethical, and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation. The text meets NLN Certification Competency #3: Use Assessment&Evaluation Strategies (15% of CNE Test BluePrint).

New to the Fourth edition:

• Expanded coverage of essential concepts in assessment, evaluation, and testing in nursing classroom and clinical education
• A new chapter on online testing, with and without an online teaching platform such as BlackBoard, standardized online testing packages, establishing valid online-based testing, and related issues
• Current research, references, and new examples
• Stronger focus on evaluating higher level cognitive functions
• Additional test preparation for NCLEX and other certification tests
• Development of test items that prepare students for licensure and certification exams, including discussion of innovative items being piloted for possible use on the NCLEX
• Expanded coverage on establishing rubrics for assessing written assignments
• New information on using simulation for ìHigh Stakes Testingî
• Online teaching guide that includes PowerPoint slides, sample core syllabus, and learner activities

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826195562
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	450
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is the Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. She is the author or coauthor of 35 books and many articles on evaluation, teaching in nursing, and studies of the nursing literature. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Educator. Dr. Oermann received the National League for Nursing (NLN) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education Research, the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing from the International Academy of Nursing Editors, and the NLN President’s Award. The NLN established an award in her honor, the Marilyn H. Oermann Award for Distinguished Research in Nursing Education, to recognize an individual or team who has generated an evidentiary base for the science of nursing education.

Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF, is the owner of and principal nursing education consultant for OWK Consulting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has over 35 years of teaching and administrative experience in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. She is a coauthor of 13 nursing education books and an author or coauthor of numerous articles on nursing education and perioperative nursing topics. Dr. Gaberson presents and consults extensively on assessment and evaluation, clinical teaching, and academic integrity.

Table of Contents

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Preface

PART I: BASIC CONCEPTS OF ASSESSMENT

1 Assessment and the Educational Process

2 Qualities of Effective Assessment Procedures

PART II: TESTING AND OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS

3 Planning for Testing

4 TrueñFalse and Matching

5 Multiple-Choice and Multiple-Response

6 Short-Answer (Fill-in-the-Blank) and Essay

7 Assessment of Higher Level Learning

8 Test Construction and Preparation of Students for

Licensure and Certification Examinations

9 Assessment of Written Assignments

PART III: ELEMENTS OF TEST CONSTRUCTION,

ADMINISTRATION, AND ANALYSIS

10 Assembling and Administering Tests

11 Online Testing and Assessment of Learning

12 Scoring and Analyzing Tests

PART IV: CLINICAL EVALUATION

13 Clinical Evaluation

14 Clinical Evaluation Methods

PART V: ISSUES RELATED TO TESTING, GRADING, AND

OTHER EVALUATION CONCEPTS

15 Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues

16 Interpreting Test Scores

17 Grading

18 Program Assessment

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education

Appendix B: National League for Nursing Fair Testing

Guidelines for Nursing Education

Appendix C: Code of Professional Responsibilities

in Educational Measurement

Appendix D: Standards for Teacher Competence

in Educational Assessment of Students

Appendix E: Educational Assessment Knowledge and

Skills for Teachers

Index

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Viki Hedderick, DEd, MSN, BSN (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania)
Description: This book provides nursing educators with a plethora of tools for their assessment toolbox. This edition adds online testing and assessment of learning, which is certainly the future in many areas of nursing education.
Purpose: The purpose is to give educators the tools to develop a varied approach to students' acquisition of knowledge. Too often educators rely on an exam as the primary assessment method - effective, yes, but it does not always capture the totality of the students' knowledge. This book addresses various methods to thoroughly assess knowledge.
Audience: The audience includes all levels of nurse educators, from novices to more seasoned faculty. It is also a great learning tool for those entering the field of education.
Features: Although, the book is content rich on the classic forms of evaluation, the best parts are on the use of short essays and distance learning. The authors provide helpful suggestions on how to use essays as a meaningful tool and provide grading rubrics to assist with the challenge of grading objectively.
Assessment: This book should be required reading for all educators! It is necessary for educators to keep pace with the changing dynamics of learners and this book provides insights into how to achieve this goal.

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