University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Dec;84(12):ajpe8034. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8034. Epub 2020 Oct 2.
To determine whether elimination of backward navigation during an examination resulted in changes in examination score or time to complete the examination. Student performance on six examinations in which backward navigation was eliminated was compared to performance on examinations administered to pharmacy students the previous year when backwards navigation was allowed. The primary comparison of interest was change in student performance on a subset of identical questions included on both examinations. Secondary outcomes included change in total examination score and completion time. No significant reduction in examination scores was observed as a result of eliminating backward navigation. The average time that students spent on a question was significantly reduced on two of the six examinations. Restricting pharmacy students' ability to revisit questions previously answered (elimination of backward navigation) on an examination had no adverse effect on scores or testing time when assessed across three years of the didactic pharmacy curriculum.
为了确定在考试过程中是否消除后退导航会导致考试分数或完成考试时间的变化。比较了在考试中消除后退导航时的六次考试中学生的表现，以及前一年在允许后退导航时向药学专业学生进行的考试的表现。主要的比较是在两次考试中都包含的相同问题子集上学生表现的变化。次要结果包括考试总分和完成时间的变化。消除后退导航并没有导致考试成绩显著下降。在六次考试中的两次考试中，学生回答问题的平均时间明显减少。当在三年的药学课程中进行评估时，限制药学专业学生在考试中重新访问先前回答的问题的能力（消除后退导航）对分数或测试时间没有不利影响。
