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Download full textBerry, Thomas – American Journal of Business Education, 2008
Pre-tests are a non-graded assessment tool used to determine pre-existing subject knowledge. Typically pre-tests are administered prior to a course to determine knowledge baseline, but here they are used to test students prior to topical material coverage throughout the course. While counterintuitive, the pre-tests cover material the student is…
Descriptors: Pretesting, Prior Learning, Student Motivation, Money Management
Surber, Colleen F.; And Others – 1976
The study compares the content retention by students who are self-paced with content retention by students whose pacing is modified by instructors. The subjects included 148 students enrolled in an introductory college level child development course. One group of 74 students was randomly assigned to a self-paced section and another group of 74…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
