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Deanna L Reising1, Douglas E Carr, Sally Gindling
1About the Authors Deanna L. Reising, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FNAP, ANEF, is an associate professor, Indiana University School of Nursing, Bloomington, Indiana. Douglas E. Carr, MD, FNAP, FACS, is a lecturer, Indiana University School of Medicine. Sally Gindling, CHSOS, is simulation center coordinator, Indiana University. Roxie Barnes, MSN, RN, CCRN, CHSE, is a clinical assistant professor, Indiana University School of Nursing. Derrick Garletts, MSN, MPh, RN, is a visiting lecturer, Indiana University School of Nursing. Zulfukar Ozdogan is a doctoral student, Indiana University School of Education. The authors wish to acknowledge funding from Indiana University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. For more information, contact Dr. Reising at dreising@indiana.edu.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine whether student performance in a simulation varied according to which grading method was used: pass/fail versus numerical grading with calculation into a course grade. Results showed that student performances were not significantly different when the pass/fail graded group was compared to the numerically graded group, even though students knew which grading schema would be used in their evaluation. The study challenges the opinion that students perform better when they know that they will be numerically graded in simulation.
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