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Nursing students undergo two types of evaluations: theoretical and practical (clinical). The theoretical evaluation of student learning is mainly based on written tests. However, a number of students fail the theoretical evaluation while being successful in the practical evaluation, which suggests that they have the potential to become nurses, but need to work on their test-taking abilities.

PASS (Performance Assessment and Strategies for Success) is designed to help teachers provide test-taking strategies tailored to nursing students’ strengths and weaknesses. It combines quantitative data analysis of test results and qualitative data on students’ study habits, learning style, and other related dimensions to develop individual action plans aimed at improving academic proficiency.

PASS has the following objectives:

• Adequately supporting students who are successful in the practical (clinical) evaluation of their course to help them succeed in their theoretical evaluation;

• Helping nursing students acquire the study and test-taking skills they need to successfully complete their program and their professional licensing exam;

• Providing teachers with a tool to create exams that are well structured, comprehensive and appropriately levelled.

Any student taking a written short-answer or multiple-choice type test should be able to improve their test-taking skills and their overall test marks with the help of PASS.

The resources offered on this website were designed primarily for the teachers and students in the Québec college network. They can be used only for educational, non-commercial purposes.

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COCCIOLO, A. and CROSS, S. (2020). PASS. Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique (CCDMD). Retrieved from http://pass.ccdmd.qc.ca

For further information, please contact the CCDMD at info@ccdmd.qc.ca or 514 873-2200.

PASS is a production of the Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique (CCDMD).

Based on an idea developed by Antonietta Cocciolo and Sheila Cross, Nursing department, Vanier College.

Study Habits Checklist and Identifying Your Learning Styles adapted with permission from materials produced by Vanier College Tutoring & Academic Success Centre (TASC)

Content development

Pedagogical design 
Antonietta Cocciolo, teacher, Vanier College
Sheila Cross, teacher, Vanier College

Scientific review
Maria Di Feo, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University

Linguistic review
Jane Broderick
Tradëm

Assessment tool development

Jean-Philippe Brochu, developer

Animation production

Animation and video post-production
Unik Media

Sound recording
Studio SFX

Narrator
Amanda Sellers

Photographs and additional video production

Giovanna Arcuri

Cast

Leyla H. Rabel
Julianna Marcelino
Rakesh Sooriah

Website

Graphic design
Christine Blais

PDF layout
Lise Coulombe

Web integration
Renaud Joubert

Project manager

Michel Hardy-Vallée, CCDMD

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the following people for their support:

Doreen Machado, teacher, Vanier College
Nathalie Seguin, teacher, Vanier College
Filomena Rainone, administrative agent, Nursing Department, Vanier College
Nicole Dalphond, Uniformes Direct, Montréal

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