Nursing programmes were flexible during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering simulation to
replace clinical hours and adjusting supervision and assessment. However, second-year …

The idea that formative assessment has the potential to prepare students, not only to
succeed in summative assessments during the course, but also in the world beyond the …

Assessment is a feature of all academic courses undertaken for award in the United
Kingdom (UK). The nature of the strategies that can be used to assess learning vary a great …

This article reports the findings of a small scale research project in one multi-sited nursing
school in New Zealand. The project sought to evaluate the impact on students of a change in …

This paper presents the development, through action research, of formative elements in
assessment in a level 3 compulsory module of the BSc Health Studies and BSc Nursing …

This lightning talk explored the conceptualisation, implementation and impact of integrated
assessment workshops within the University of Essex nursing programmes. These courses …

In the 2009 national student survey, which was completed by 57 percent of final-year
students in all disciplines, respondents said that they were less satisfied with the …

Background Grade-led study and surface-learning approaches compromise student success
at undergraduate level. However, encouraging students to adopt deeper approaches to …

Nursing is essentially a practice discipline, informed by a growing theoretical base. It is
crucial that students have a rigorous preparation in both the theoretical and practical …

Assessment methods can influence the learning approaches of nursing students.
Assessments designed to assess understanding rather than rote learning can contribute to a …