Full Description
Previous edition AJN 2020 Book of the Year!
With expert, comprehensive guidance on the assessment and evaluation of student learning in multiple settings, this award-winning text remains the gold standard in this sphere of nursing education. The seventh edition incorporates the latest changes in the field and presents a new chapter on developing test components that prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX, including descriptions and illustrations of the novel item types.
The resource presents an expanded discussion on assessment of higher-level learning and clinical judgment, new content on assessment of competencies, examples of new item types in all chapters, updated information on online testing, more in-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples, and new content on evaluating students in online nursing programs. Also unique to this edition is practical advice on developing test blueprints and creating all types of test components including NCLEX-type items and the Next Generation NCLEX.
The text continues to present fundamental measurement and evaluation concepts to aid current and future nurse educators in designing, critiquing, and employing pertinent test and evaluation tools along with guidance for evaluating instructor and program effectiveness. It also examines key social, ethical, and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation, including prevention of cheating and designing academic policies for testing, grading, and progression. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.
New to the Seventh Edition:
Discussion of competencies for assessment
New chapter on developing test questions and other components preparing students for the Next Generation NCLEX
In-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibits
Examples of test items in each chapter
Strategies for assessing higher-level learning and clinical judgment
Updated content for online testing
New content on evaluating students in online nursing programs
Key Features:
Discusses assessment of competencies
Presents strategies for evaluating higher-level cognitive skills and clinical judgment
Describes how to develop test blueprints and assemble, administer, write, and analyze tests
Provides guidelines for writing all types of test items including Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)
Includes explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibits
Details how to evaluate written assignments with sample scoring rubrics
Includes extensive instructor resources including sample syllabus, course modules, learning activities, discussion questions, online resources, PowerPoints, and more
Contents
Preface
Instructor's Resources
PART I. CONCEPTS OF ASSESSMENT
Chapter 1: Assessment and the Educational Process
Chapter 2: Qualities of Effective Assessment Procedures: Validity, Reliability, and Usability
PART II. TESTING AND OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS
Chapter 3: Planning for Testing
Chapter 4: True-False and Matching
Chapter 5: Multiple-Choice and Multiple-Response
Chapter 6: Short-Answer (Fill-in-the-Blank) and Essay
Chapter 7: Assessment of Higher Level Learning and Clinical Judgment
Chapter 8: Test Construction and Preparation of Students for Next Generation NCLEX® and Certification Examinations
Chapter 9: Assessment of Written Assignments
PART III. TEST CONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS
Chapter 10: Assembling, Administering, and Scoring Tests
Chapter 11: Testing and Evaluation in Online Courses
Chapter 12: Test and Item Analysis: Interpreting Test Results
PART IV. CLINICAL EVALUATION
Chapter 13: Clinical Evaluation
Chapter 14: Clinical Evaluation Methods
Chapter 15: Simulation and Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Assessment
PART V. ISSUES RELATED TO TESTING AND EVALUATION IN NURSING EDUCATION
Chapter 16: Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Chapter 17: Grading
Chapter 18: Program Evaluation and Accreditation
APPENDICES
Appendix A Sample Action Verbs for Taxonomic Levels
Appendix B Quick Reference Guide for Writing Different Types of Test Items With Examples
Appendix C Examples of Stems for Test Items on Clinical Practice
Appendix D Testing Resources for Nurse Educators
Appendix E National League for Nursing Fair Testing Guidelines for Nursing Education
Index
