Topological logics are formal systems for representing and manipulating information about the topological relationships between objects in space. Over the past two decades, these logics have been the subject of intensive research in Artificial Intelligence, under the general rubric of Qualitative Spatial Reasoning. This chapter sets out the mathematical foundations of topological logics, and su...

In this study, nursing students underwent simulation training with the aim of assessing the effects of post-simulation debriefing using a clinical judgment rubric to evaluate clinical judgment, communication, and skill performance. There were statistically significant differences between-group differences in participants’ clinical judgment and communication. However, no statistically significan...

Clinical judgment is a skill every nurse needs, but nurse educators sometimes struggle with how to present it to students and assess it. This article describes an exploratory study that originated and pilot tested a rubric in the simulation laboratory to describe the development of clinical judgment, based on Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model.

There is always a need to evaluate training skills acquired for, in this way, to know whether they have achieved the learning objectives. The use of the e-portfolio becomes more common among teachers then, becomes increasingly necessary define a good evaluation system. E-Portfolio evaluation criteria should take into account operational, appearance, evidence and reflection indicators. Consideri...

Past research has demonstrated in a variety of contexts that writing about emotional topics can benefit physical health and general well being. Most of this prior research has used the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count program (LIWC, Pennebaker & Francis, 1996), but not global essay ratings, to assess what aspects of written essays might be associated with such benefits. Yet scoring rubrics are...

This study describes the design, construction and validation of a rubric for assessing mathematical modelling processes throughout schooling (3–18 years), especially those oriented by cycles. The final version “Rubric Evaluating Mathematical Modelling Processes” (REMMP) consists seven elements with their respective performance criteria or items, corresponding to different phases cycle. We concl...