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Determining Credit Hours for Home-Study CPE. Method #1: Supernaw 1990 12,500 words with 30 MC questions = 4 hours Approximately 3,125 words + 8 Qs = 1 hour. Determining Credit Hours for Home-Study CPE. Method #2: Mergener 1991 ( AJPE 1991; 55:263-266 )
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Determining Credit HoursforHome-Study CPE Method #1: Supernaw 1990 12,500 words with 30 MC questions = 4 hours Approximately 3,125 words + 8 Qs = 1 hour
Determining Credit HoursforHome-Study CPE Method #2: Mergener 1991 (AJPE 1991; 55:263-266) Min = -22.3 + (0.00209 x Words) + (2.78 x Qs) + (15.5 x Difficulty)
Determining Credit HoursforHome-Study CPE For audio or video home-study programs: Add 2.78 minutes per question to time of play. (This is based on Mergener Formula.)
Determining Credit HoursforHome-Study CPE Method #3: ACPE 1992 (Need to test each course) Methodology: practitioner survey
Determining Credit HoursforHome-Study CPE Summary • Use the simplest formula • Sample participants’ evaluations • Keep records