title: Classroom assessment: linking teaching and learning.
abstract: Formative evaluation can provide valuable data when evaluating student learning and the teaching strategies being used. Classroom assessment techniques as developed by Angelo and Cross are a type of formative assessment which involve ongoing assessment of student learning and assist faculty in selecting teaching techniques that are most effective in particular settings with specific groups of students. Classroom assessment techniques with applications to specific nursing education situations are included.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Professionalism and Practice Department, College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202-9025, USA.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Melland
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Volden
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching