Students are usually only marginally involved in the preparation of exams. They are passive peers who write an exam predefined by the lecturer. Studies in educational theory indicate, however, that active involvement instead of (passive) consumption should be adopted in learning since active learning proved to be superior to passive learning. One concept of active learning is student peer evalu...

Introduction. Medical education curriculum improvements can be achieved by evaluating students’ performance. Medical students have to pass two undergraduate comprehensive examinations, basic science and preinternship, in Iran. To measure validity of the students’ mean score in comprehensive basic science exam (CBSE) for predicting their performance in later curriculum phases. Methods. This de...

PURPOSE The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME) Comprehensive Basic Science Exam (CBSE) is a subject exam offered to US medical schools, where it has been used for external validation of student preparedness for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE) Step 1 in new schools and schools undergoing curricular reform. Information regarding the actual use of the NBME CBSE is...

background & objective: exam anxiety is a significant problem among university students and can be accompanied by a decline in performance and severe psychological problems. this study was designed to investigate exam anxiety levels among dental students of kerman university of medical sciences, iran, in 2013. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on dental students of k...

Background and Aim: Researchers believe that emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of a person’s success in life than intelligent quotient. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the EI and academic performance of senior dental students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study evaluated all senior dental students (n=131) of Tehr...

Chen X, Graesser D, Sah M. Improving consistency in large laboratory courses: a design for a standardized practical exam. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 102–107, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00109.2014.— Laboratory courses serve as important gateways to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. One of the challenges in assessing laboratory learning is to conduct meaningful and standardized ...

The purpose of this research was to find out the spread content and cognitive dimension question Mathematics National Exam for Junior High School (SMP) / Islamic (MTs) in school year 2005/2006-2018/2019 suitability Final based on government guidelines TIMSS taxonomy. This type is a qualitative approach. use collection data with document analysis. Data analysis techniques consist reduction, disp...

We describe a web-based system for the delivery and marking of multiple-choice questions. While other web systems exist that deliver such exams, those systems require either the manual mark-up of static exam questions, or generate different versions of an exam with limited variability. Such approaches result in exams that should only be administered once to a specific student. Our system is mor...