Effects of a psychomotor taxonomy performance scale on state anxiety in student nurses during the evaluation process
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Date
1989
Authors
Seymour, Margaret D
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1989
Abstract
This study was developed to examine the effect of two
evaluation methods on the state anxiety levels of first year nursing
students at Medicine Hat College in Southeastern Alberta. The two
evaluation methods used were the critical elements method and the
introduction of a psychomotor taxonomy scale. The nursing students
were non-randomly placed into the control or the experimental
group at the time of their registration. The control group was
evaluated using the critical elements method and the experimental
group using the psychomotor taxonomy scale. The nursing students'
state anxiety was measured using the Spielberger (1977) state
anxiety scale before and after testing sessions 1, 3, 5 and 9. The
results showed that the control group had higher state anxiety scores
than the experimental group on both the pre and post test. This
showed that the use of the psychomotor taxonomy scale tended to
arouse a lower level of state anxiety in the nursing students in the
experimental group. Further research is required to study the
relevance of this decrease in state anxiety and its effect on actual
skill performance.
Description
ca. 190 leaves ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Nursing students -- Evaluation , Motor ability -- Testing , Test anxiety , Nurses -- Study and teaching