Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions

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Varying levels of difficulty index of skills-test items randomly selected by examinees on the Korean emergency medical technician licensing examination: Bongyeun Koh, Sunggi Hong, Soon-Sim Kim, Jin-Sook Hyun, Milye Baek, Jundong Moon, Hayran Kwon, Gyoungyong Kim, Seonggi Min, Gu-Hyun Kang; J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2016;13:5. Published online January 15, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.5

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Purpose
The goal of this study was to characterize the difficulty index of the items in the skills test components of the class I and II Korean emergency medical technician licensing examination (KEMTLE), which requires examinees to select items randomly.
Methods
The results of 1,309 class I KEMTLE examinations and 1,801 class II KEMTLE examinations in 2013 were subjected to analysis. Items from the basic and advanced skills test sections of the KEMTLE were compared to determine whether some were significantly more difficult than others.
Results
In the class I KEMTLE, all 4 of the items on the basic skills test showed significant variation in difficulty index (P< 0.01), as well as 4 of the 5 items on the advanced skills test (P< 0.05). In the class II KEMTLE, 4 of the 5 items on the basic skills test showed significantly different difficulty index (P< 0.01), as well as all 3 of the advanced skills test items (P< 0.01).
Conclusion
In the skills test components of the class I and II KEMTLE, the procedure in which examinees randomly select questions should be revised to require examinees to respond to a set of fixed items in order to improve the reliability of the national licensing examination.

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Learning Style Scales: a valid and reliable questionnaire: Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad, Rogayah Ja’afar; J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2014;11:22. Published online August 18, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.22

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Purpose
Learning-style instruments assist students in developing their own learning strategies and outcomes, in eliminating learning barriers, and in acknowledging peer diversity. Only a few psychometrically validated learning-style instruments are available. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable learning-style instrument for nursing students. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in two nursing schools in two countries. A purposive sample of 156 undergraduate nursing students participated in the study. Face and content validity was obtained from an expert panel. The LSS construct was established using principal axis factoring (PAF) with oblimin rotation, a scree plot test, and parallel analysis (PA). The reliability of LSS was tested using Cronbach’s α, corrected item-total correlation, and test-retest. Results: Factor analysis revealed five components, confirmed by PA and a relatively clear curve on the scree plot. Component strength and interpretability were also confirmed. The factors were labeled as perceptive, solitary, analytic, competitive, and imaginative learning styles. Cronbach’s α was > 0.70 for all subscales in both study populations. The corrected item-total correlations were > 0.30 for the items in each component. Conclusion: The LSS is a valid and reliable inventory for evaluating learning style preferences in nursing students in various multicultural environments.

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