Educational Assessment of Students

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Merrill, 2004 - Education - 539 pages

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Now in its fourth edition, this core textbook continues to provide a comprehensive, systematic guide to the examination and assessment of patients with neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. The new edition continues with Nicola Petty at the helm but she is now joined by a reputable team of specialized clinicians and academics who have contributed to individual chapters.

Neuromusculoskeletal Examination and Assessment focuses on the development of technical and clinical reasoning skills involved in differential diagnosis of joint, nerve and muscle tissues. It is designed for physiotherapy/manual therapy students and their teachers but is also ideal for those in the first years of their practice as an educational support for patient care.



  • Provides a logical approach to patient examination to enhance clinical reasoning
  • Presents key concepts of leading therapists and researchers in the field of manual therapy
  • Emphasizes a patient-centred approach
  • Templated step-by-step sequence of illustrations and text creates an accessible tool for use in teaching and practice
  • New 2-colour drawings and photographs visually demonstrate techniques

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Contents

The Bases for Assessment in the Classroom
1
Describing the Goals and Learning Targets
15
Sources for Locating Learning
27
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

Anthony J. Nitko is an adjunct professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Arizona, and professor emeritus and former chairperson of the Department of Psychology in Education at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include curriculum-based criterionreferenced testing, integration of testing and instruction, classroom assessment, and the assessment of knowledge and higher-order thinking skills. His publications include the chapter "Designing Tests That Are Integrated with Instruction" in the third edition of Educational Measurement. He co-authored (with C. M. Lindvall) Measuring Pupil Achievement and Aptitude, (with T. C. Hsu) Pitt Educational Testing Aids (PETA, a package of computer programs for classroom teachers), and (with R. Glaser) the chapter "Measurement in Learning and Instruction" in the second edition of Educational Measurement. Dr. Nitko has been the editor of the journal Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice and also d'News, the AERA Division D newsletter. Some of the journals in which his research has appeared are American Educational Research Journal, Applied Measurement in Education, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Educational Technology, Journal of Educational Measurement, and Research in Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Nitko has been a member of several committees of the American Educational Research Association, was elected secretary of AERA Division D, served on committees of the National Council on Measurement in Education, and was elected to the board of directors and as president of the latter. He received Fulbright awards to Malawi and Barbados and has served as a consultant to various government and private agencies in the United States, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Namibia, Oman, Vietnam, and Singapore.

Bibliographic information

TitleEducational Assessment of Students
AuthorAnthony J. Nitko
Edition4, illustrated
PublisherMerrill, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized25 Jan 2010
ISBN0130977810, 9780130977816
Length539 pages
Subjects › 

Education / Evaluation & Assessment
Education / General
Education / Testing & Measurement
  
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