Student and Staff Perceptions of the Use of Multiple Choice Testing in Higher Education Assessments
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., & Brodie, J. (2017)
Student and Staff Perceptions of the Use of Multiple Choice Testing in Higher Education Assessments. International Journal of Education and Culture, 6(2), 17-26
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are commonly used in higher education assessments and their use has increased alongside the availability of information and computer technolog...
The development of an e-Toolkit for direct entry students to aid transition into Higher Education: the dissertation maze.
Conference Proceeding
Brodie, J., Penny, K. I., Windram, B., & McCallum, L. (2015)
The development of an e-Toolkit for direct entry students to aid transition into Higher Education: the dissertation maze
Our research project has been focused on understanding the barriers and enablers of direct entry (DE) students to Edinburgh Napier University as they embark on the Undergradua...
Student and staff perceptions of the use of multiple choice testing in higher education assessments.
Conference Proceeding
Penny, K. I., & Brodie, J. (2014)
Student and staff perceptions of the use of multiple choice testing in higher education assessments. In E-Learning at work and the workplace: EDEN 2014 Annual Conference, 23
Introduction
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are commonly used in higher education assessments and their use has increased alongside the availability of information and compu...
Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., Morton, I. D., Ashraf, M. Z., & Duffy, J. C. (2013)
Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching. Leadership and policy quarterly, 2,
The performance of institutions such as universities and colleges is of increasing interest to funders, policy makers, potential students and the establishments themselves who...
The Impact of repeated lying on survey results
Journal Article
Chesney, T., & Penny, K. I. (2013)
The Impact of repeated lying on survey results. SAGE Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012472345
We study the effects on results of participants completing a survey more than once, a phenomenon known as farming. Using data from a real social science study as a baseline, t...
Issues in quantitative health care research
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., & Atkinson, I. (2012)
Issues in quantitative health care research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2697-2698. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12000
E-learning participation in Higher Education: a study of Scottish and Croatian students
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., & Dukic, D. (2012)
E-learning participation in Higher Education: a study of Scottish and Croatian students. Information Technology Interfaces, 231-236. https://doi.org/10.2498/iti.2012.0357
E-learning is becoming increasingly important in higher education. Information was gathered on students’ usage of e-learning activities in Scotland and in Croatia. An explorat...
The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., & Smith, G. D. (2012)
The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2761-2771. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03897.x
Aim. To examine the health-related quality of life in a cohort of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome and to explore the use of several data-mining methods to identify ...
Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions
Journal Article
Dukic, D., Dukic, G., & Penny, K. I. (2012)
Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 8, 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKL.2012.051679
In order to achieve economic and social progress, it is particularly important to incorporate knowledge management into the education system. E-learning as a knowledge transfe...
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Kirby, B., & Penny, K. I. (2012)
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2711-2721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
This paper will focus on the key concepts behind record linkage and describe how probability matching of Scottish health records can be used for natio...