Using feedback to reduce students' judgment bias on test questions

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-16

  Flannelly, Laura T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; REINFORCEMENT; SELF EVALUATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035221258     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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