Effectiveness of an adaptive quizzing system as an institutional-wide strategy to improve student learning and retention

Nurse Educator

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 246-251

  Simon Campbell, E'loria ^a   Phelan, Julia ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive quizzing; NCLEX; Nursing education; Remediation; Retention; Technology

Indexed keywords

COURSE CONTENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; STUDENT; ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; LICENSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDY SKILLS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEST TAKING SKILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960466242     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000258     Document Type: Article

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