Electronic Test of Competence Administration: Qualitative Evaluation of Students’ Satisfaction on Telematic Platform a Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Italian universities have introduced the Progress testing (PT) for a longitudinal assessment of student knowledge retention. This process provides educators a valid and reliable tool to assess learning while providing students measurement of competencies and self-evaluation of gaps in knowledge. The aim of the study is to evaluate the satisfaction of the students over three years in the nursing bachelor’s degree program at the Sapienza University of Rome, on the compilation of the Electronic Test of Competence (TECO) through the use of an instrument evaluation. The sample was recruited from October 2018 to December 2018 at Sapienza University of Rome. The population we investigated consists of 250 students; results indicate TECO useful for monitoring preparation of the students of degree course in nursing, evaluating the degree courses in nursing and for the evaluation of the degree program. In conclusion we can affirm that the students are partly satisfied with the TECO telematic administration, and evidentiated some doubts on the first part of final graphics.