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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Educational Technology

Background:

  • Standardized exit examinations are used by a third of nursing schools for student progression.
  • Student failures on high-stakes tests negatively impact students and nursing programs.
  • Adaptive quizzing has shown potential to improve grades, graduation rates, and NCLEX-RN pass rates while reducing test anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reduce the negative impact of high-stakes testing.
  • To improve standardized exit examination scores in nursing students.
  • Implemented customized adaptive quizzing in the final nursing course before graduation.

Main Methods:

  • Compared end-of-program exit examination scores.
  • Utilized a preintervention cohort (no adaptive quizzing).
  • Implemented a postintervention cohort with individualized adaptive quizzing.

Main Results:

  • Statistically significant increases in exit examination scores were observed.
  • Students who completed adaptive quizzing assignments showed improved performance.
  • The intervention demonstrated a positive effect on student outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Tailored adaptive quizzing effectively increased exit examination scores.
  • Supports the use of customized adaptive quizzing for remediation in nursing programs.
  • Highlights the value of adaptive learning technologies in nursing education.