This paper presents a macro-level view around exam composition. While previous work known as BABELnot (Lister et. al. 2012 [1]) developed a micro-level classification scheme to consistently categorise individual exam questions, this paper's contribution uses a more holistic intent towards collective exam composition to build on the past research from the BABELnot project. Specifically, it addre...

BACKGROUND The aim of training midwifery student is to increase scientific and practical abilities in trainees in order to present caring health services. Then, the evaluation tools of these abilities have great importance. This study tried to evaluate the content validity, criterion validity and base validity of academic exams. METHODS This cross-sectional research was an evaluated type that...

Aims: It is necessary to design some comprehensive questionnaires with generable questions explaining the main variables of the test in order to use students' views efficiently for the evaluation of academic staffs' performance. So, the aim of the present study was to examine the reliability and validity of the academic staffs' evaluation by students' questionnaire. Methods: This survey researc...

For the last three years, a conceptual knowledge exam has been given to entering graduate students at Purdue during the orientation program for new teaching assistants. The number of questions on the exam and the wording of these questions has gradually changed, but responses to these questions have now been obtained for a sample of up to 132 graduate students. Some of the questions and the res...