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1. (NUR 648E) Assessment Strategies.
(NUR 648E) Assessment Strategies. Forrmative and summative assessments should align
with instructional objectives and provide instructors with a variety of ways to measure
learning. Instructors have the responsibility to create a test blueprint before creating the
assessment to guide them in item writing.The purpose of this assignment is to create a test
blueprint based on the health care practice you selected in Topic 2 and the objectives you
created in Topic 3. After the blueprint is developed, create a summative assessment that
consists of five multiple-choice questions. Following each question, include a short
narrative that addresses the following:(NUR 648E) Assessment Strategies. ORDER
NOW. The domain of knowledge each question addresses.A rationale for strategies
used in the development of your test blueprint and multiple-choice questions.An
explanation of how the test blueprint guided the development of your summative
assessment based on learning objectives.Include the test blueprint, summative assessment,
and associated narratives as one Word document. Add your test blueprint and summative
assessment to your Nurse Educator Electronic Portfolio.(NUR 648E) Assessment
Strategies.APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.You are required
to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.Reflective journalsRecord of experiences,
individual thoughts & ideas about the learning processStudents reflect on their learning
experiences & insightsUsed to help students reflect on & store clinical learning in
memoryPurposeTo examine the student’s insights about the course’s learning
processReflective journals Cont.AdvantagesEnables students to identify own strengths &
weaknessesEnables students to develop critical & nursing skillsEducators identify students’
thoughts about the courseDisadvantagesAssessment reflective thus objective marking
difficultVery time-consumingReflective journals applicable in both theory & clinical
settingsConcept mapsGraphical display & linking of key conceptsDemonstrates conceptual
knowledge & their relationships to the topicIncludes concept labels connected with labeled
linesPurposeTo assist students organize & represent knowledge graphicallyConcept
mapsAdvantagesUseful in examining critical thinking among studentsCan be used as a quick
assessment to check conception’s about a topicDisadvantagesTime consuming to set an
assessment criteriaDifficult to give individual feedbackConcept maps are more applicable in
a theory learning.(NUR 648E) Assessment Strategies.Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)Form
of assessment where student select a choice/choices from a list of answersContains set of
possible answersPlausible distractors but incorrect answers to the questionPurposeTo
assess student’s ability/knowledge about specific content areaMultiple Choice Questions

2. (MCQ) Cont.AdvantagesA well-established reliable technique to assess knowledgeVery
specific & thus easy to markDisadvantagesPromotes cramming instead of learningDo not
test student’s in-depth understandingSuitable for testing knowledge theoretically & clinical
settingPortfolio assessmentA collection of students’ works related to learningStudent
gathers work over a long timeA form of student’s reflection about course’
learningPurposeTo evaluate the learning progress & academic achievementTo determine if
learners have met learning standardsPortfolio assessment Cont.AdvantagesAdaptable to
various levels of assessmentDirectly measures & evaluates student’s learning
processesDisadvantagesCan be labor-intensiveSubjective assessment technique & thus hard
to measure reliabilityUseful in both clinical and classroom settingsShort-answer
questionsOpen-ended questionsStudents required to create answersResponses not limited
in lengthPurposeUsed to assess student’s basic knowledge & understanding of a topicShort-
answer questionsAdvantagesEasy to mark and analyze resultsExamines student’s in-depth
understanding of the content/knowledgeDisadvantagesAssessment’s accuracy can be
affected by spelling mistakes or handwritingCan lead to grading difficultiesMore applicable
in a classroom setting(NUR 648E) Assessment Strategies.