| Course | NURS 766 Advanced Evaluation Strategies for Nurse Educators (NURS766) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | PhD in Nursing |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published NURS 766 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What NURS 766 covers
The textbook is McDonald's The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, read one or two chapters per module/week alongside a recorded presentation. Two open-book quizzes of 15 questions each fall in Module/Weeks 2 and 6.
Five written assignments cover learning objectives, item writing, item varieties, rubric design and clinical assessment. The test administration and grading philosophy papers run five to ten pages each, and the clinical evaluation tool is one to two pages. Forum threads cite two peer-reviewed articles and each of two replies cites one more.
This course provides an overview of theories on educational measurement and evaluation. Methods of evaluating teaching effectiveness, student learning, and student performance are explored with emphasis on test construction and analysis.
NURS 766 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Written Assignment 1: Learning Objectives (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due) | 75 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Written Assignment 2: Item Writing (Quiz 1 also due) | 75 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Written Assignment 3: Appraising the Item Varieties | 75 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Written Assignment 4: Developing a Rubric (Discussion Board Forum 1 also due) | 75 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Test Administration Paper (Discussion Board Forum 2 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Personal Philosophy of Grading Paper (Quiz 2 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Written Assignment 5: Assessment of Clinical Learning | 75 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Clinical Evaluation Tool (Discussion Board Forum 3 also due) | 125 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where NURS 766 papers lose points
Work in NURS 766 loses points when objectives cannot be measured, when test items cue the answer or test trivia, when a rubric's levels blur together, when item analysis numbers are reported without a decision about the item and when a clinical tool lists behaviors that no instructor could observe.
Using a NURS 766 sample well
Each sample works on the same heart failure unit, so the objectives written in Week 1 become the items in Week 2, the blueprint behind the exam in Week 5 and the behaviors on the clinical tool in Week 8. Use your own course and content; follow how each assignment depends on the one before.
NURS 766 questions, answered
What textbook does NURS 766 use?
McDonald's The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, read across all eight modules with one recorded presentation each module/week.
What is the NURS 766 clinical evaluation tool?
A one- to two-page tool, due in Module/Week 8 for 125 points, that evaluates students in clinical practice using the NCLEX test plan and the nursing process as cross-references.
How many papers are in NURS 766?
Five written assignments, a test administration paper and a personal philosophy of grading paper of five to ten pages each, and the clinical evaluation tool, plus three forums and two quizzes.
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