pretest

Results revealed that majority of the students (98.72%) felt that pretests helped them to improve their focus toward didactic lecture and for better performance.

Performance was measured by the number of correct answers, or scores, students selected from the pretests and posttests they took.

ERIC Descriptors: Foreign Countries; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teacher Competencies; Statistical Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Teacher Education; Student Surveys; Likert Scales; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Technological Literacy; Technology Uses in Education; Preservice Teachers; Measures (Individuals)

During the first observation, students were administered pretests that measured their overall agriscience content knowledge.

Re-examination of the pretests and post-tests of these individuals showed that seven of the elementary-level candidates and two of the middle-grades candidates had high pre-test scores, so little gain was possible.

This lack of clarity may produce 'average' responses on pretests which do not differ much from slightly-improved post-treatment tests.

Given the wide variety of labels that cognitive methods are given and after various attempts at searching using key words such as <<cognitive pretest>>, <<cognitive method>>, <<survey pretest>>, <<pretest>>, <<questionnaire pretest>>, etc., it was decided that the most suitable key word for incorporating the greatest number of publications about cognitive pretests was <<pretesting>>.

Data collection was anonymous, with a request for students to list the last four digits of their social security number so we could match pretests and posttests.

Pretests were scored using the Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR).

A pool of advanced master's-level students in counseling acted as coached clients for the pretests and posttests.

Pretests and posttests relating to Holocaust knowledge and attitudes were administered to both groups.