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Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates.

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Gordon, H; Stevenson, E; Brookhart, A; Oermann, MH
Published in: International journal of nursing education scholarship
June 2018

Abstract In most schools of nursing, students rate their satisfaction with courses and teachers at the end of the semester. Low response rates on these evaluations make it difficult to interpret the results. Students were incentivized to complete their course evaluations by adding 1-2 points to one test score in the course in exchange for 85 % or higher participation by the total cohort. Ongoing monitoring and communication to students by faculty during the process was critical to motivating students to complete course evaluations. When the incentive was employed, student participation ranged from a low of 90 % to a high of 100 % response rate. The added points did not change any of the students' grades. Incentivizing students to complete course evaluations is an effective strategy to boost response rates without changing final course grades.

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Published In

International journal of nursing education scholarship

DOI

EISSN

1548-923X

ISSN

2194-5772

Publication Date

June 2018

Volume

15

Issue

1

Start / End Page

/j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201

Related Subject Headings

  • Teaching
  • Students, Nursing
  • Professional Competence
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing
  • Motivation
  • Humans
  • Faculty, Nursing
  • Educational Measurement
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Gordon, H., Stevenson, E., Brookhart, A., & Oermann, M. H. (2018). Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 15(1), /j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2018-0031
Gordon, Helen, Eleanor Stevenson, Ann Brookhart, and Marilyn H. Oermann. “Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates.International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 15, no. 1 (June 2018): /j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2018-0031.
Gordon H, Stevenson E, Brookhart A, Oermann MH. Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates. International journal of nursing education scholarship. 2018 Jun;15(1):/j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201.
Gordon, Helen, et al. “Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates.International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 15, no. 1, June 2018, p. /j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201. Epmc, doi:10.1515/ijnes-2018-0031.
Gordon H, Stevenson E, Brookhart A, Oermann MH. Grade Incentive to Boost Course Evaluation Response Rates. International journal of nursing education scholarship. 2018 Jun;15(1):/j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201.
Journal cover image

Published In

International journal of nursing education scholarship

DOI

EISSN

1548-923X

ISSN

2194-5772

Publication Date

June 2018

Volume

15

Issue

1

Start / End Page

/j/ijnes.2018.15.issue-1/ijnes-2018-0031/ijnes-201

Related Subject Headings

  • Teaching
  • Students, Nursing
  • Professional Competence
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing
  • Motivation
  • Humans
  • Faculty, Nursing
  • Educational Measurement
  • 4205 Nursing