Evaluation and Testing In Nursing Education
Second Edition
Authors: Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN;
Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR
$65.00
The second edition of Evaluation and Testing
in Nursing Education helps nursing educators
measure and evaluate the level of learning
that their students receive and aids them
in altering their class plans. This award-winning
book is the only book in nursing education
that focuses entirely on evaluation and testing;
explains how to prepare all types of test
items; and explores how to assemble, administer,
and analyze tests, measurement concepts,
grading, and clinical evaluation.
Educators will learn the basics of how to
plan for classroom testing, analyze test
results, write all types of test items, incorporate
methods for evaluating critical thinking,
evaluate written assignments and clinical
performance, and more. In addition, new content
on development and evaluation of testing
and distance education is included.
Directed toward teachers in nursing education
programs and health care agencies, graduate
students preparing for teaching roles, and
nurses in clinical practice who teach others,
this text is an essential resource for all
health professionals involved in evaluation,
measurement, and testing. This updated edition
offers help with the many aspects of being
a successful teacher of nursing.
In the Second Edition:
New content on development and evaluation
of testing and distance education
Writing alternate item formats similar to
the NCLEX
Developing tests that prepare students for
licensure and certification
Strategies for evaluating different cognitive
levels of learning
Evaluating written assignments and sample
scoring rubrics
Up-to-the-minute information on testing in
distance education environments with a special
focus on internet and on-line based testing
Table of Contents
Preface
Evaluation, Measurement, and the Educational
Process
Qualities of Effective Measurement Instruments
Planning for Classroom Testing
Selected-Response Test Items: True-False
and Matching
Selected-Response Test Items: Multiple Choice
and Multiple-Response
Constructed-Response Test Items: Completion
(Fill-in-the-Blank) and Essay
Evaluation of Higher-Level Learning, Problem
Solving, and Critical Thinking: Context-Dependent
Item Sets and Other Evaluation Strategies
Test Construction and Preparation of Students
for Licensure and Certification Examinations
Assembling and Administering Tests
Scoring and Analyzing Tests
Evaluation of Written Assignments
Clinical Evaluation
Clinical Evaluation Methods
Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Interpreting Test Scores
Grading
Program Evaluation
Appendix A: Examples of Rating Forms for
Clinical Evaluation
Appendix B: Codes of Ethics in Testing and
Educational Measurement
Appendix C: 9 Priniciples of Good Practice
for Assessing Student Learning
Reviews
"Without a thorough understanding of
how to correctly structure, interpret, manage
the process of evaluating, measuring, and
testing, teachers cannot prove that their
work has really made a difference. This book
is a practical guide to assure that the time
that is spent in testing, measurement, and
evaluation produces valid and reliable information.
From planning a classroom test, to creative
assessment approaches, to ethical, legal,
and social issues related to testing and
measurement, both novices and experts will
find this book an invaluable compendium of
useful strategies."
-Suzanne P. Smith, EdD, RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief,
Nurse Educator and Editor-in-Chief, The Journal
of Nursing Administration
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Author Biographies
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a Professor
in the College of Nursing at Wayne State
University. She is the author/co-authoir
of eleven nursing education books and many
articles on clinical evaluation, teaching
in nursing, and writing for publication as
a nurse educator. She is the editor of the
Annual Review of Nursing Education (Annual,
Springer Publishing Company) and Journal
of Nursing Care Quality. Dr. Oermann lectures
widely on teaching and evaluation in nursing.
Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE,
is Professor and Chair of the Department
of Nursing Education and Director of Nursing
at Shepherd University in West Virginia.
She has more than 30 years teaching experience
in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs
and has presented, written, and consulted
extensively on teaching and evaluation in
nursing education. Dr. Gaberson is Research
Section Editor of the AORN Journal. Among
her publications are Evaluation and Testing
In Nursing Education (Springer, 2005), co-authored
with Marilyn H. Oermann and now in its second
edition.
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