NURS 766 is the evaluation and testing course in Liberty's PhD in Nursing (nurse educator). Its written work is five written assignments on objectives, test items, item formats, rubrics and clinical assessment, three short forums, a test administration paper, a personal philosophy of grading paper and a one to two-page clinical evaluation tool.
Liberty's catalog lists the course as NURS 766 Advanced Evaluation Strategies for Nurse Educators, 3 credit hours; Canvas and the course guide file print it as NURS766.
What NURS 766 covers
The catalog description: This course provides an overview of theories on educational measurement and evaluation. Methods of evaluating teaching effectiveness, student learning, and student performance are explored with emphasis on test construction and analysis.
The course surveys theories of educational measurement and evaluation and the methods for evaluating teaching effectiveness, student learning and student performance, with emphasis on test construction and analysis. The text is McDonald, The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, assigned in order across the eight weeks.
The guide lists the five written assignments' focus as learning objectives, item writing, appraising the item varieties, developing a rubric, and assessment of clinical learning; the questions for each are posted in Canvas. Two open-book quizzes of 15 multiple-choice questions (75 points each) have no guide here.
Textbook named in the published guide: McDonald, The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes (2018). Check the current edition in your Canvas section.
NURS 766 assignments, week by week
Every graded written assignment in the published guide has its own how-to guide below. Quizzes, exams, checklists and class introductions are left out because there is nothing to write.
| Week | Assignment | Points | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Written Assignment 1 | 75 | Not set in the guide; answer each question in the Canvas instructions |
| 2 | Written Assignment 2 | 75 | Not set in the guide; answer each question in the Canvas instructions |
| 3 | Written Assignment 3 | 75 | Not set in the guide; answer each question in the Canvas instructions |
| 4 | Discussion Board Forum 1 | 50 | No required word count; graded on depth and breadth |
| 4 | Written Assignment 4 | 75 | Not set in the guide; answer each question in the Canvas instructions |
| 5 | Discussion Board Forum 2 | 50 | No required word count; graded on depth and breadth |
| 5 | Test Administration Paper | 100 | 5 to 10 pages |
| 6 | Personal Philosophy of Grading Paper | 100 | 5 to 10 pages |
| 7 | Written Assignment 5 | 75 | Not set in the guide; answer each question in the Canvas instructions |
| 8 | Discussion Board Forum 3 | 50 | No required word count; graded on depth and breadth |
| 8 | Clinical Evaluation Tool | 125 | 1 to 2 pages |
Week 1: Written Assignment 1
The first written assessment, on learning objectives: write and analyze measurable objectives for a nursing course, in current APA. How to write NURS 766 Week 1 Written Assignment 1.
Week 2: Written Assignment 2
The second written assessment, on item writing: draft and justify test items that measure your objectives. How to write NURS 766 Week 2 Written Assignment 2.
Week 3: Written Assignment 3
The third written assessment, appraising the item varieties: compare test item formats and judge when each fits. How to write NURS 766 Week 3 Written Assignment 3.
Week 4: Discussion Board Forum 1
A thread on the provided topic with 2 peer-reviewed journal articles, and replies to two classmates with a different article each. How to write NURS 766 Week 4 Discussion Board Forum 1.
Week 4: Written Assignment 4
The fourth written assessment, on developing a rubric: build and explain a scoring rubric for a written or performance assignment. How to write NURS 766 Week 4 Written Assignment 4.
Week 5: Discussion Board Forum 2
The second forum, with 2 peer-reviewed articles in the thread and a different one in each of two replies. How to write NURS 766 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2.
Week 5: Test Administration Paper
A 5 to 10-page research-based paper on test administration, analysis and review. How to write NURS 766 Week 5 Test Administration Paper.
Week 6: Personal Philosophy of Grading Paper
A 5 to 10-page research-based paper on your personal philosophy of grading. How to write NURS 766 Week 6 Personal Philosophy of Grading Paper.
Week 7: Written Assignment 5
The last written assessment, on assessment of clinical learning: how clinical performance is judged fairly. How to write NURS 766 Week 7 Written Assignment 5.
Week 8: Discussion Board Forum 3
The final forum, with the same article rules, in the last week of the course. How to write NURS 766 Week 8 Discussion Board Forum 3.
Week 8: Clinical Evaluation Tool
A one to two-page clinical evaluation tool built with the NCLEX and the nursing process as cross-references. How to write NURS 766 Week 8 Clinical Evaluation Tool.
How NURS 766 is graded
The published guide totals 1,010 points. The five written assignments are 75 each (375). The clinical evaluation tool is 125, the test administration paper and the philosophy of grading paper 100 each, the three forums 50 each (150), two quizzes 75 each, and the checklist 10.
| Graded item | Points |
|---|---|
| Written Assignments (5) | 375 |
| Clinical Evaluation Tool | 125 |
| Test Administration Paper | 100 |
| Personal Philosophy of Grading Paper | 100 |
| Discussion Board Forums (3) | 150 |
| Quizzes (2) | 150 |
| Course Requirements Checklist | 10 |
The published scale puts an A at 960 to 1010 points.
Week timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday.
How to approach NURS 766
Choose one course you teach or could teach and use it as the running example for every assignment: its objectives in Week 1, its test items in Weeks 2 and 3, its rubric in Week 4 and its clinical tool in Week 8. The work builds into a usable assessment kit.
The clinical evaluation tool must cross-reference the NCLEX and the nursing process; keep the current NCLEX-RN test plan open while you draft it.
Questions students ask
What is the NURS 766 clinical evaluation tool?
A one to two-page tool, in current APA, for evaluating students in clinical, developed using the NCLEX and the nursing process as cross-references. Worth 125 points.
Are NURS 766 quizzes open book?
Yes. Each covers the assigned reading, is open-book and open-notes, has 15 multiple-choice questions and a one-hour limit.
Working through NURS 766 now?
Tell us the week and the assignment. A tutor who knows the course replies with a plan for the draft.