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How Scenario-Based Assessment Contributes to Improved Learning Environments
Many organizations believe they can gain immense value from effective, versatile assessments. Whether you’re an instructor trying to improve learning outcomes and prepare your students for a licensure exam or a corpor... - Link to resourceBlog
Clinical Judgment: An Imperative for Nursing Education
By Tim Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN At no time in the history of nursing education has the imperative been more clear: We must focus on Clinical Judgment (CJ) with every student every semester. Right now, we know... - Link to resourceBlog
Using ExamSoft to Realize the Benefits of Ipsative Assessments
Using normative or standardized graded assessments, instructors can evaluate individual student performance relative to current and past peers. As valuable as the traditional criterion-referenced and norm-referenced a... - Link to resourceBlog
Improve Teaching and Testing Outcomes by Applying the VARK Concept
As an educator, you may sometimes need to lift the academic performance of an entire class. Or you may need to find better ways to support your under-performers. You may want to know if you are providing a fair opport... - Link to resourceBlog
10 Ways to Cultivate Student Engagement in Higher Education
Engaged students are those who make a firm commitment to learning. They take pride in making the effort to understand course material and incorporate it into their lives. Educators observe their engagement levels as s... - Link to resourceCase Study
University of Nebraska Medical Center – College of Allied Health Professions
As a fast-growing college with diverse needs across its multiple programs, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Allied Health Professions needed a platform that could streamline assessment and track ... - Link to resourceBlog
From Professional to Professor: What Nurses Need to Know
To be a nurse is to be a teacher. While mentoring the next generation of nurses may be a part of the job on a daily basis in a clinical setting, many nurses want to take their role as an educator to the next level — t... - Link to resourceBlog
The Art of the Assessment Question
When it comes to creating an effective assessment, the greatest challenge lies not so much in the questions themselves but in the form they take. An assessment composed of well-crafted questions has the power to deter... - Link to resourceBlog
Why Assessment Still Matters in an Online Education Environment
As many institutions of higher learning (IHEs) quickly transitioned to emergency remote learning in the spring of 2020, the focus was often on completing the semester with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). While faculty... - Link to resourceBlog
Exploring Assessment Technology’s Impact on Undergraduate Education
Over the previous 40 years, higher education has begun to adopt innovative technologies in an attempt to better educate students and holistically optimize the assessment process. However, many undergraduate programs h... - Link to resourceBlog
Why You Should Use Categories for Curriculum Guidance
If you’re using ExamSoft, then you’re probably already using categories in your exam creation and grading to provide students with more informative feedback. Category tagging proves a powerful tool for directing your ... - Link to resourceBlog, Video
How Not to Use Assessments: Common Mishaps Implementing Formative Assessments and How to Correct Them
Instruct. Assess. Feedback. Repeat. This is the timeless methodology of formative assessment applied, in some way, in all levels of education. The application of this process is continuously subject to change based on... - Link to resourceBlog
Bloom’s Taxonomy (Part 2): Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in Assessment
Now that we know what Bloom’s Taxonomy is, it’s time to discuss a few helpful tips for applying the philosophy to assessments as a means of gaining insight into learning comprehension. Tips for Applying Bloom’s Taxono... - Link to resourceBlog
Bloom’s Taxonomy (Part 1): Bloom’s Basics
As the semester begins, it’s important that educators keep a close eye on their curriculum. Measuring the strength of learning objectives, as well as whether they properly resonate with students, is a must for effecti... - Link to resourceBlog
Data-Driven Educational Assessments Using Longitudinal Analysis
When it comes to data-driven educational assessments, one of the bigger challenges for educators is measuring how teaching methods and course design are quantitatively impacting student learning. ExamSoft’s computer-b... - Link to resourceOn-Demand Webinars
Exam Item Development and Analysis in Nursing Education
This featured ExamSoft webinar, hosted by Aimee L. Badeaux, PhD, CRNA, explores the complexity of exam item development and analysis in nursing education. Key Topics: Review best practices for exam item development, c... - Link to resourceVideo
How Good Are Your Exam Questions?
The information needed to evaluate the quality of exam questions and assessment items is found in student performance data by ExamSoft. Experience goes a long way, but the detailed feedback collected after student ass... - Link to resourceBlog
How to Leverage Education Technology to Improve Learning and Assessments
With the right education technology, educators can streamline the entire process of administering both summative assessments and formative assessments. Faculty and educators may reduce the stress of cumbersome adminis...