Perception of Student and Faculty of Nursing Institute Regarding Open Book Exam

Abstract

Introduction: An open book exam is one in which students can give answers using their textbooks and notes. In the open book exam, memory and organizational skills are quite significant. This because students can memorize each page of the textbook to determine which page of the textbook contains the solution to which question. While student have the freedom to access all of their books throughout the exam, the teacher has the power to question absolutely students have learned in class. Open-book exams don't require any prior knowledge or education. Instead, the long facts will be presented to the students. The goal of open tests is to teach pupils how to process information and thoughtfully and thoroughly integrate it. This study aims to assess perception of student and faculty of nursing institute regarding openbook exam. Materials and methods: Quantitative research design was used. The structured questionnaire was used for data collection. And descriptive and inferential statistics was used for data analysis. Results: The findings show that 90.5% nursing students were female and 51% nursing students. 53% nursing had negative perception towards open book exam. 100% nursing faculty were female and belong s to 31-40 years age group. 55% nursing faculty have negative perception towards open book exam. The result indicates that there is no significant association between student perception and faculty perception regarding open book exam (r=0.031; p value > 0.05). Conclusion: The study was perception of students and faculty of nursing institute regarding open book exam. The data was collected from 200 nursing students and 20 faculty from MGM New Bombay College of nursing through the Google form. From this study, we came to understand that majority 53% students and 55% faculty have negative perception towards open book exam. The present study revealed that there is no significant association between perception of students and faculty of nursing institute towards open book exam.