Essay and short answer questions in nursing education

1. Submitted by
Ms. Cindrella Burge
I Msc Nursing
Dept of medical surgical nursing
TMCON, TMU
Date of submission:1 /11/2018
TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad
NURSING EDUCATION
LESSON PLAN
ON
ESSAY AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Submitted to
Mr. Basavaraj Mudhol
Asst Professor
Dept of Pediatric Nursing
TMCON, TMU

2. INTRODUCTION
An essay is a “short formal piece of
writing..dealing with a single subject”. It is
typically written to try to persuade the reader
using selected research evidence. In general,
an academic essay has three parts-
An Introduction,
A Body, or Middle section,
A Conclusion.

3. CONTI…
SAQs are open-ended questions that require
students to create an answer. They are
commonly used in examinations to assess
the basic knowledge and understanding of
a topic before more in- depth assessment
questions are asked on the topic.

4. DEFINITION OF ESSAY-
 ESSAY is derived from the French word
essayer, which means “to attempts”, or “to
try”.
 An essay is a short form of literary
composition based on a single subject matter,
and often gives the personal opinion of the
author.
 The Oxford Dictionary describes it as “a short
piece of writing on a particular subject”.

5. TYPES OF ESSAY

6. ESSAY
Literary
Expositor
y essay
Descriptiv
e essay
Narrativ
e essay
Persuasiv
e essay
Non-
Literary

7.  Expository essay: In an expository essay, the
writer gives an explanation of an idea, theme,
or issue to the audience.
 Descriptive essay: As it sounds, this type of
essay gives a description about a particular
topic.
 Narrative essay: The writer not only tells a
story, but also makes a point by giving reasons.

8.  Persuasive essay: In this type of essay,
the writer tries to convince his readers to
adopt his position or point of view on an
issue, after he provides them solid
reasoning in this connection.
It requires a lot of research to claim and
defend an idea.
It is also called an argumentative essay.

9. FUNCTION OF ESSAY

10.  essay increases the analytical and intellectual
abilities of the writer as well as readers.
 writing skills of a writer
 organizes his or her thinking to respond
personally or critically to an issue
 Through an essay, a writer presents his
argument in a more sophisticated manner.

11. EXCELLENT ESSAYS
The ability to write an excellent essay is
a
 skill that requires analysis, logic and
style
 structure:
an introduction,
body and
conclusion
 writing clearly

12. ESSAY STRUCTURE

13. • GENRAL IDEA
• OUTLINE OF TOPIC
INTRODUCTION
• WRITE ABOUT MAIN TOPIC
• WRITE IN PARAGRAPHS
• EXPLAIN POINTS IN 3-4
SENTENCES
BODY
• SUMMARISE YOUR ESSAY
• PROVIDE A CONCLUDING
STATEMENT
• CONNECT WITH THE TOPIC
CONCLUSION

14. RESTRICTED RESPONSE
QUESTIONS
 The restricted response question usually limits
both the content and the response. The
content is usually restricted by the topic to be
discussed.
EXAMPLES-
 State the main differences between
kwashiorkor and marasmus.
 How good nutrition prevents pressure sore?

15. ADVANTAGES AND
LIMITATIONS OF ESSAY
QUESTIONS
 it measures complex learning
outcomes that cannot be measured by
other means.
 its emphasis on the integration and
application of thinking and problem
solving skills
 essay test is often regarded as a
device for improving writing skills.

16.  serious limitation of the essay
question is the unreliability of the
scoring.
 Another limitation of essay questions
is the amount of time required for
scoring the answers.
 Another shortcoming of essay
questions is the limited sampling.
 Only few questions can be included in
a given test so that some areas are
measured thoroughly, but many others
are neglected.

17. BLUFFING-A SPECIAL
SCORING PROBLEM
It is possible for students to obtain higher
scores on essay questions than they
deserve by means of clever bluffing. This is
usually a combination of writing skill,
general knowledge and the use of common
"tricks of the trade".

18. UNDERSTANDING SHORT
ANSWER & ESSAY
QUESTIONS
 In order to understand, you need to
pay particular attention to words
like
“identify,”
“explain,”
“compare,”
“argue,”
“assess”
-these words dictate the nature of the
task before you.

19. Five Common
Questions

20. Identify
questions
• detailed description of an event, process, or idea
• include words such as Identify, Define, Describe,
List, or Summarize
Explain
questions
• Analyze why, how, or in what order a set of events
occur.
• include words such as Explain, Account for,
Analyze, Discuss.
Compare
questions
• Analyze the similarities and differences
• include words such as Compare, Distinguish,
Relate.

21. Argue
questions
• Answer with a defense
• include words such as Argue,
Agree, Disagree, Debate, Defend,
Justify, Prove
Assess
Questions
• Answer with an evaluation
• include words such as Assess,
Criticize, Evaluate and Review.

22. WHAT ARE SHORT-ANSWER
QUESTIONS (SAQS)?

23. SAQs are questions that can be answered in a
few short words or phrases
these questions contain words such as ‘list’ or
‘name’ suggesting that a series of short
responses are required
SAQs are open-ended questions that require
students to create an answer.
They are commonly used in examinations to
assess the basic knowledge and
understanding of a topic before more in-
depth assessment questions are asked on the
topic.

24. HOW TO ANSWER THE SHORT
ANSWER QUESTIONS

25. 1. READ THE QUESTIONS
2. READ AND ANALYSE THE
UNSEEN TEXTS
3. PLAN YOUR TIME
4. START WITH THE HIGHEST
MARK QUESTION
5. ANSWER THE QUESTION
THOROUGHLY
6. STICK TO YOUR TIME LIMITS-
DON’T WASTE TIME
7. GET 15 OUT OF 15

26. CONCLUSION

27. An essay is a piece of writing, usually from an
author’s personal point of view. Essay are non-
frictional but often subjective; while expository,
they can also include narrative. Essay can be
literary criticism, political manifestos, learned
arguments, observations of daily life,
recollections, and reflections of the author.

28. Whereas, in a short answer question, the student
types in a word or phrase in response to a question
that may include image. Answer may or may not be
case sensitive. The answer could be a word or a
phrase, but it must match one of your acceptable
answers exactly. It’s a good idea to keep the required
answer as short as possible to avoid missing a correct
answer that’s phrased differently.

29. BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS
1. BT Basavanthappa, 2nd Edition (2009), NURSING EDUCATION.
2. B. Sankaranarayan , B. Sindhu, 4th Edition, Learning And
Teaching NURSING.
3. R. Sudha, Nursing Education, Principles And Concepts.
4. Sodhi Jk, Forwarded By Kaur S., Comprehensive Textbook Of
NURSING EDUCATION.
5. E. Sanatombi Devi, 1st Edition 2006, Textbook Of Manipal
Manual Of NURSING EDUCATION.
6. Barbara A. Moyar, And Ruth A. Wittmann, NURSING
EDUCATION.

30.  WEBSITES-
1. https://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/c.p
hp?g=10222&p=51316
2. https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/short-
answer_question_type
3. https://literarydevices.net/essay/

31. THANKYOU