Changing Answers on Multiple-Choice Examinations Taken by Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 142-144

  Nieswiadomy, Rose M ^a   Arnold, Wilda K ^a   Garza, Chris ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; STUDENTS; TEXAS;

EID: 0035287368     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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