Nurse Educator's Guide To Assessing Learning Outcomes - 2nd edition

Chapter 1. The Role of Assessment in Instruction
Chapter 2. The Language of Assessment
Chapter 3. Developing Instructional Objective
Chapter 4. Assessing Critical Thinking
Chapter 5. Implementing Systematic Test Development
Chapter 6. Selected-Response Format. Developing Multiple-Choice Items
Chapter 7. Writing Critical Thinking Multiple-Choice Items
Chapter 8. Selected-Response Format. Developing True-False and Matching Items
Chapter 9. Constructed-Response Format. Developing Short-Answer and Essay Items
Chapter 10. Assembling, Administering, and Scoring a Test
Chapter 11. Preparing Students for the Licensure Exam. The Importance of NCLEX
Chapter 12. Establishing Evidence of Reliability and Validity
Chapter 13. Interpreting Test Results
Chapter 14. Laboratory and Clinical Evaluation
Chapter 15. Assigning Grades
Chapter 16. Instituting Item Banking and Test Development Software

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