Writing multiple-choice test items that promote and measure critical thinking

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Morrison, Susan ^a   Free, Kathleen Walsh ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; THINKING;

COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LOGIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; THINKING;

EID: 0035219997     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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