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- Title
Preparing Students for Success on Examinations: Readiness Assurance Tests in a Graduate-Level Statistics Course.
- Authors
Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J.; Carter-Harris, Lisa; MacLaughlin, Pam
- Abstract
Background: Formative feedback is one way to foster students' readiness for statistics examinations. Method: The use of Readiness Assurance Tests was examined as an educational intervention in which feedback was provided for both correct and incorrect responses in a graduate-level statistics course. Examination scores in the intervention group (n = 56) were compared with those in a control group (n = 42). Results: Intervention group examination scores significantly improved from 75.92 ± 14.52 on the Readiness Assurance Test to 90.06 ± 7.06, p < .001, on the midterm, and final examination scores improved from 78.23 ± 17.29 to 85.6 ± 6.98, p = .002. Intervention group midterm scores were significantly higher than those of the control group (90.06 ± 7.06 versus 79.7 ± 11.6, p < .001); however, no differences were found between the groups on the final examination (85.35 ± 9.46 versus 85.6 ± 6.98, p = .91). Conclusion: Use of Readiness Assurance Tests was an effective modality to increase student self-efficacy, learning experience, and, relative to a control group, midterm examination performance in statistics.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TEST-taking skills; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; ACADEMIC achievement; ANXIETY; CONCEPTUAL structures; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; EXPERIMENTAL design; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; GRADUATE nursing education; CONTROL groups; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Education, 2016, Vol 55, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
0148-4834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/01484834-20151214-10