The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, Fourth Edition is a widely-used resource for both faculty and nursing education students that covers the assessment of critical thinking, the development of learning objectives, and the creation of tests, including detailed tips for writing many kinds of individual test items. The book also covers the analysis of test reliability. Examples of effective and ineffective test items are included throughout to help faculty and nurse educators deepen their understanding of how to create effective tests and assess student learning.
Key Features
- Interpreting test and item analysis data
- Using Bloom’s taxonomy to increase the cognitive level of items
- Establishing evidence of reliability and validity
- Determining the difficulty level of items
- Developing alternate item types
- Revising items to increase their cognitive level
Applicable Courses
Teaching in Nursing
Nursing Education
Assessment
Student Outcomes
Chapter 1 The Role of Assessment in Instruction
Chapter 2 The Language of Assessment
Chapter 3 Developing Instructional Objectives
Chapter 4 Implementing Systematic Test Development
Chapter 5 Selected-Response Format: Developing Multiple Choice Items
Chapter 6 Writing Critical Thinking Multiple-Choice Items
Chapter 7 Selected-Response Format: Developing True-False and Matching Items
Chapter 8 Constructed-Response Format: Developing Short-Answer and Essay Items
Chapter 9 Assembling, Administering, and Scoring a Test
Chapter 10 Establishing Evidence of Reliability and Validity
Chapter 11 Interpreting Test Results
Chapter 12 Laboratory and Clinical Evaluation
Chapter 13 Assigning Grades
Chapter 14 Instituting Item Banking and Test Development Software
Chapter 15 Preparing Students for the Licensure Exam: The Importance of NCLEX
Mary E. McDonald, RN, MA
Mary E. McDonald has a unique combination of experience that contributes to her expertise as an Educational Assessment Consultant. She received her BSN from Boston College and has earned Masters degrees in both Nursing Education and Measurement in Applied Psychology from New York University. Mary has more than 25 years of experience as a nurse educator at both the baccalaureate and associate degree levels.
Mary is an expert in the development of classroom exams and is known nationally for her workshops and presentations on various aspects of test development, including writing critical thinking multiple-choice items. Mary is president of Educational Assessment Strategies, LLC (www.EAStrategies.com), an educational consulting practice that is dedicated to assisting nursing faculty to improve student assessment strategies through seminars and individual program consultation.