scholarly journals Implementation and students’ perception of a criterion-referenced standard setting in a therapeutics course

2020 ◽  
pp. 303-312
Author(s):  
YeeAnn Chen ◽  
Crystal Zhou ◽  
Andrew Leeds ◽  
Jaekyu Shin
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
New Method ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Angoff Method ◽  
Criterion Referenced ◽  
Better Than

Objective: To implement a criterion-referenced method to set standards for grading written tests in a didactic course and to assess students’ perceptions of the implementation. Methods: The Angoff method, a criterion-referenced method, was implemented in a therapeutics course with a letter grading system. Students were surveyed on their perceptions of the method including stress and test anxiety level after the course. Results: Of 122 students enrolled, 118 responded. More than 60% of respondents felt that the criterion-referenced method was fairer and reflected competency better than a norm-referenced method. The percent of respondents who felt that the new method increased the level of stress and test anxiety was higher than that of those who did not. Conclusions: A criterion-referenced method was successfully implemented in a pharmacy didactic course with a letter grading system. The implementation was overall favourably received by students although it may have increased the level of stress and test anxiety.

scholarly journals EMG Related Anxiety and Pain: A Prospective Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed M.S. Jan ◽  
Murray Schwartz ◽  
Timothy J. Benstead
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Seriously Ill Patients ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Better Than

Background:Electromyography (EMG) is a useful test, but unfortunately also painful. We frequently encounter patients who worry about its painful nature, but tolerate it very well. Objectives: We evaluated anxiety levels of patients referred for EMG to explore the possible correlating and contributing factors to high anxiety.Methods:A structured questionnaire, including the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was completed by patients immediately before EMG testing. Emergency, hospitalized, and seriously ill patients were excluded.Results:Seventy-nine cases with ages ranging from 19-72 years (mean 43) were included. Thirty-five (44%) patients had a high pre-test anxiety level. The likelihood of high anxiety was increased if the patient was worried about the test (p<0.001) or about other issues unrelated to the test or underlying diagnosis (p<0.001), or was taking an anti-psychotic or anxiolytic drug (p=0.008). The degree or source of knowledge regarding the test procedure, did not affect the pre-test anxiety level.Conclusion:The information about EMG testing received by patients in this group did not affect pre-test anxiety levels. The patient's expectations regarding the test did influence anxiety levels and this may reflect generalized anxiety regarding testing procedures or misinformation regarding the nature of the test, as patients in general reported a better than anticipated experience following the test.

A Design of High-Accuracy Displacement Measurement Instrument from Principles of Optics

2012 ◽  
Vol 170-173 ◽  
pp. 2924-2928
Author(s):  
Sheng Biao Chen ◽  
Yun Zhi Tan
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Total Reflection ◽  
Displacement Measurement ◽  
New Method ◽  
Water Volume ◽  
Water Drainage ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurement ◽  
Better Than

In order to measure the water drainage volume in soil mechanical tests accurately, it develop a new method which is based on principles of optics. And from both physical and mathematic aspects, it deduces the mathematic relationship between micro change in displacement and the increment projected on screen. The result shows that total reflection condition is better than refraction condition. What’s more, the screen could show the water volume micro variation clearly, so it can improve the accuracy of measurement.

Bounded Elastic Moduli Multiplier Technique for Limit Loads: Part 2 - Case Studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sathya Prasad Mangalaramanan
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Elastic Moduli ◽  
New Method ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Limit Loads ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Thick Cylinder ◽  
Better Than

Abstract An accompanying paper provides the theoretical underpinnings of a new method to determine statically admissible stress distributions in a structure, called Bounded elastic moduli multiplier technique (BEMMT). It has been shown that, for textbook cases such as thick cylinder, beam, etc., the proposed method offers statically admissible stress distributions better than the power law and closer to elastic-plastic solutions. This paper offers several examples to demonstrate the robustness of this method. Upper and lower bound limit loads are calculated using iterative elastic analyses using both power law and BEMMT. These results are compared with the ones obtained from elastic-plastic FEA. Consistently BEMMT has outperformed power law when it comes to estimating lower bound limit loads.

Dosage du Sr-90 dans l'eau des lacs et des rivières du Québec par précipitation avec l'oxine et comptage β

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Haddad ◽  
L. Zikovsky
Keyword(s):  
Detection Limit ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
New Method ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Better Than

A new method for the determination of Sr-90 dissolved in surface waters has been developed. It is based on the precipitation of Sr with 8-hydroxyquinoline at pH 11.3 and counting of β particles with energy above 150 keV. The detection limit obtained is 0.5 mBq/L and the mean yield is 28%. The decontamination factors from other β emitters achieved are better than 10 000. This method has been used to measure the Sr-90 in 5 lakes and 5 rivers in Québec and activities ranging from 3 to 15 mBq/L were obtained. This new method is as efficient and reliable as conventional techniques while being less tedious.

scholarly journals Swedish PE teachers struggle with assessment in a criterion-referenced grading system

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Svennberg ◽  
Jane Meckbach ◽  
Karin Redelius
Keyword(s):  
Grading System ◽  
Criterion Referenced

Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides

2019 ◽  
Vol 492 (1) ◽  
pp. 589-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Fienga ◽  
C Avdellidou ◽  
J Hanuš
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Sampling ◽  
New Method ◽  
Navigation Data ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Juno Mission

ABSTRACT In this paper, we present masses of 103 asteroids deduced from their perturbations on the orbits of the inner planets, in particular Mars and the Earth. These determinations and the INPOP19a planetary ephemerides are improved by the recent Mars orbiter navigation data and the updated orbit of Jupiter based on the Juno mission data. More realistic mass estimates are computed by a new method based on random Monte Carlo sampling that uses up-to-date knowledge of asteroid bulk densities. We provide masses with uncertainties better than 33${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ for 103 asteroids. Deduced bulk densities are consistent with those observed within the main spectroscopic complexes.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO STANDARD-SETTING TECHNIQUES

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdalla A. Alsmadi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Angoff Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Passing Score

This study compares the Angoff method (1971) for setting standards with the Ebel method (1972), using a test in introductory psychology. Although results showed a significant difference in the minimum passing score obtained through these methods, results also showed strong evidence of agreement between both methods about the number of students classified as pass/fail. The Angoff method tended to be more stringent and produce a higher minimum passing score than the Ebel method.

Topic Crawling Strategy Based on Wikipedia and Analysis of Pages' Similarity

2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 2407-2412
Author(s):  
Xiao Nan Zhao ◽  
Li Bo Liu ◽  
Deng Wei Wang ◽  
Jiao Zheng
Keyword(s):  
New Method ◽  
The Web ◽  
Better Than

Considering the weaknesses existing in the present topic crawling strategies, this paper puts forward a new method which is based on Wikipedia and the analysis of page similarity. Firstly, the topic is described via Wikipedia. Then, handle the downloaded web. Finally, calculate the priorities of the links through text relativity and analysis of the web links. The result indicates that this new method is better than the traditional in terms of searching results and topic relativity and is worth popularizing.

A NEW NUMEROV-TYPE METHOD FOR COMPUTING EIGENVALUES AND RESONANCES OF THE RADIAL SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION

1996 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. SIMOS
Keyword(s):  
Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
New Method ◽  
Resonance Problem ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Type Method ◽  
Radial Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Better Than

A two-step method is developed for computing eigenvalues and resonances of the radial Schrödinger equation. Numerical results obtained for the integration of the eigenvalue and the resonance problem for several potentials show that this new method is better than other similar methods.

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