Linguistic bias in multiple-choice test questions.
Nurse educators are finding more and more nonnative speakers of English in the classroom. These students bring a much-needed cultural diversity to the nursing profession. Their success in nursing school can be enhanced when nurse educators learn how to minimize linguistic bias in multiple-choice exam questions.
Lampe
Susan
S
Minnesota State University, Mankato School of Nursing, Mankato, Minnesota, USA. sslampe@avvidonline.net
Tsaouse
Bess
B
D015982:Bias; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D009626:Terminology as Topic